Dealing with Toxic Family: The Smear Campaign

Here is a great article by Gail Collins on how to recognize and respond to a smear campaign you'll experience when you are the scapegoat in a toxic family.  I wish I had read it years ago.

Gail Collins: The Smear Campaign

NYT: In Case of Blizzard, Do Nothing

Having lived through more than a few blizzards in my day, I find the advice in this article spot on.  

"Unless you’re a plow driver or a parka-clad elected official trying to look essential, one doesn’t pretend to do battle against a blizzard. You submit. Surrender. Hunker down. A snowstorm rewards indolence and punishes the go-getters, which is only one of the many reasons it’s the best natural disaster there is."

Check it out here. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/23/opinion/in-case-of-blizzard-do-nothing.html?_r=0