February 2020 • Peter Volkofsky

What Were You Thinking?

by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Feb 26, 2020 | Close to Home

It’s not every day you get to have a journalist sit at your family dinner table and record the conversation. But that is what is going on. I’m okay with it and I hope my wife and children are. The fact is, I like this guy, we all agreed to this—actually,...

Coming Home Late

by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Feb 19, 2020 | Close to Home

It’s late-ish. A candle burns and I’m flaked on the lounge. Simon and Garfunkel sing, ‘wishing to be homeward bound’. Fortunately, I am at home and my love isn’t waiting silently, she’s singing along. I wonder what it would be like...

The Chief

by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Feb 15, 2020 | Close to Home

You’re all grown up now—and guess what? The planets have lined up, it’s a blue moon and pigs are flying: you’re out of uniform, inside school property and on your way to the principal’s office! Even those walking the other way seem to know—and...

Dad Music

by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Feb 6, 2020 | Close to Home

I’m six and half years old, a nuggety kid who can ride a bike faster than my brothers, except for my older brother, who sometimes beats me—actually he almost always beats me. But that’s okay cause my dad rides a horse in the sunshine. It’s a great...