The days pass by so fast. We live, we love, we suffer, we die. I struggle to find the meaning in it.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreamt of baking bread. Warm, beautiful, delicious crusty bread. But I always assumed it was too complicated to make at home.

For weeks I’ve felt unsettled. I’ve been anxious, sad, disinterested, hollow. I don’t know why I’m feeling this way. There’s nothing specific I can point to that’s causing it.

Art and Business (Volume 2): I love the concept of the free market. Goods and services bought and sold within an unconstrained system, driven by forces of supply and demand and innovation and accessibility. But that’s not how it works in reality.

I recently wrote an op-ed for the Buffalo News. In my view, the City of Niagara Falls is at a turning point and is on the verge of something special.

I believe that art is everywhere. It’s not just in music, visual arts, literature and design. Art is in business, too. And it’s in every business, not just the “creative” ones.

Iceland is so untouched, so raw, such a profound natural experience, but what stayed with me more than anything else that we did or saw on our trip was our experience at the public pools.

Shuffling is a high energy and rhythmic style of dance that’s usually done with electronic dance music. It’s become a huge creative outlet for me and my favorite way to exercise.

The gentle power and beauty of João Gilberto’s singing has inspired me, comforted me and taught me so much about what it means to be a human being.

My weekday morning routine centers me and prepares me for the day. It’s satisfying and relatively quick. And I’m pleased to report that I’ve been sticking with it.

One of my favorite songs that I’ve ever written all came together in one evening. Whenever I listen to it, I’m transported back to exactly how I was feeling in the moment I wrote it.

I wrote this (true) story in 1998. It was the beginning of the end of my vegetarianism.

I feel sweet joy as I fall in love with my baby girl. She was born three weeks ago and it’s already hard to remember what life was like without her.

All great burritos start with flavorful, well prepared ingredients, but so much depends on the burrito roller.

“You know, Chris, learning to play classical guitar is like climbing a mountain. All you can really do to get to the top is to keep putting one foot in front of the other.”

Ever since my high school basketball days, “the Gretzky” has come to symbolize any step I can take that will put me in a better position to accomplish a goal.

These days I try to accept my feelings for what they are, and to recognize that they just arise within me. They’re part of who I am, and it’s important to me to fully embrace who I am.