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Everybody Wants Authenticity Until Someone is Actually Authentic
THOUGHTS OUTSIDE THE OFFICE Everybody loves authenticity now. It is practically a marketing package. Be real. Be vulnerable. Show the behind-the-scenes. No filters. Tell your truth. But for the love of God, make sure your truth has good lighting, acceptable grammar, a satisfying ending, and does not make anybody uncomfortable. That is apparently the deal. We say we want people to be authentic, but what we actually seem to want is a very specific version of authenticity. We wa


We Have Gotten Entirely Too Comfortable Being Able to Reach Each Other
THOUGHTS OUTSIDE THE OFFICE I think we have gotten entirely too comfortable being able to reach each other. Not communicate with each other. Reach each other. Communication is wonderful. Reachability is what happens when every person you have ever met is given a tiny electronic doorbell directly into your nervous system and then nobody establishes visiting hours. There was a time when you could leave your house and simply cease to exist for a while. You went to the grocery st


FROM JUDITH’S DESK - THE OFFICE CAME HOME WITH ME
FROM JUDITH’S DESK August 21, 2026 A collection of thoughts that didn’t make it to the blog. Most people come home on Friday and throw their purse down, drop their keys on the table, and mentally clock out. I came home and put an entire law office on my dining room table. That picture is not staged. Those are not decorative folders strategically scattered around for some cute little busy-lawyer photo. That is my weekend. Every one of those files represents something that has
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