by Matthew | Jan 5, 2022 | Ideas, Leadership, Writing
“What three people, living or dead, would you invite to a dinner party?” So goes a popular conversation starter. Sometimes the number varies, usually between having dinner with just one person or up to five or seven, but three seems like a good number....
by Matthew | May 11, 2021 | Movies and TV, Writing
Timothy Hutton (standing) as Archie Goodwin and Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe in an episode of A Nero Wolfe Mystery, which ran for 2 seasons on A&E in the early 2000s, and is still considered the finest and most faithful adaptation of the canon. In the shuffle of...
by Matthew | Oct 21, 2020 | Writing
What is a commonplace book? It’s an ancient tradition dating back to the Greek and Roman philosophers to keep a running record of thoughts and useful information. “a collection without order, drawn from many papers, which I have copied here, hoping to...
by Matthew | Sep 29, 2020 | Writing
Ideally, a writer only writes when there is something worthwhile to say. At least, I like to think so. Writing for the sake of filling space perpetuates a fraud upon the honest reader, who may find him or herself having been sucked into a waste of their time. I wonder...
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