Glenn Kubish

  It’s the end of the week as we know it! Here are three things that left behind tracks of gratitude and happiness. Three Things, episode 110:                                                             1. Timing   There’s a difference between saying the right thing and saying the right thing at the right time. Both take skill. They are different skills. Shelagh needed grated ginger for a ginger cake, and I was in the produce section at Andy’s IGA where I quickly located everything she didn’t need for the cake—garlic, shallots, chives, bok choy.   It was like looking for a word in the dictionary not knowing how to spell. I walked over to the produce clerk who was unloading oranges and with mock weariness asked him, “How close am I to a knob of ginger?” He nodded, smiled, removed his hat to make sure I didn’t miss the fa...

Happy end of the week. It's been a tough week. I try to keep my heart open to little things that make me happy or grateful while that same heart is under cardiovascular bombardment from the outrageous things above. And then say the little things out loud. Here's this week's Three Things podcast . Peggy carrying Saunders on way to vast underground network for goodness. 1. Recommended reading Here's what the great American short story writer George Saunders writes about books and readers in his latest book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life: Over the last ten years, I've had a chance to give readings and talks all over the world and meet thousands of dedicated readers. Their passion for literature (evident in their questions from the floor, our talks at the signing table, the conversations I've had with book clubs) has convinced me that   there's a vast underground network for goodness at wor...