by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Dec 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listening to Melanie Safka is an old habit. She’s performing Brand New Key1 on our lounge room playlist right now: ‘I rode my bicycle past your window last night,’ she says and adds, ‘I roller-skated to your door at daylight… I asked your... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Sep 24, 2019 | Close to Home
Last week, in a room full of high schoolers, I watched a boy have a go at something the others had refused. He almost got it right; but not quite. Some scoffed and others watched silently. Crestfallen, the boy walked back to his seat. I blurted out an old proverb:... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Aug 26, 2019 | Close to Home
Just now in our living room, there was a bump! and my wife cried out in pain. It was only a soft cry, but it cut so deep. I bolted into the kitchen expecting the worst, only to find her with a wry smile on her face, holding a finger she’d jammed in a door: downplaying... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Aug 5, 2019 | Close to Home
It’s late, late in winter and late in life for the two of us: this lovely wife and me. Our tribe of kids have all made their way out into what we call the world, which I prefer to think of as the ‘cosmos’: an old Greek word that means ‘ornament.’ And here I am, hands... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Apr 15, 2019 | Books
Today, a new reader of my recently released thriller Mia’s Magic Wand said that as soon as they started reading they felt goose bumps. I took that as a compliment, not because I just want to scare people but because whenever I write I hope to lead the reader to a door...