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... 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... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Jan 29, 2020 | Close to Home
Strange things happen on quiet nights and this is what happened to me one quiet night. I’m in the city of Sydney on my own, hoping for a nice easy train ride and a sleep. There doesn’t seem to be anyone on the carriage. Perfect! But as I’m sitting... 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...