To Know Yourself, Know Where You Come From I am going to talk about something which may seem an odd topic for a business paper, but it really makes sense…so please follow me through to the end! I wear, almost every day, three chains. I am often asked what they…

I was thinking today, remembering really, about times I have really helped someone. This train of thought happened, I think, because I am selling my house. …

I freely admit it, I am a junkie on ceremony. Formal weddings, baptisms, military officers taking their oath, and of course the swearing in of the President. This year, especially, feels very important as we say goodbye to a President who did not care about such things, and welcome a…

Business is about a human connection. I shop at certain stores, I employ professionals and other skilled workers, because I know the people, who they are, and because they have taken the time to know me and to learn about me, and in the same vein, I have come to…

I have a picture on my phone of my father and me holding my twin grandsons, my dad’s twin great grandsons. The picture is meaningful in so many ways. My mother and father lost twins, who would have been born immediately after me. My father is no longer here, but…

Love is a journey, it can be hard and it can hurt. When it hurts, you have to breathe, to grit your teeth, and just feel the pain. Love can suck. But to love, and to let yourself be loved, is a choice. After my last relationship ended, it took…

I am, by training and by profession, an attorney. I have “retired” from that job, but the skills and knowledge I gained still populate and inform (some would say “haunt”) my work and my thinking. …

One of my favorite poems is Ulysses by Lord Tennyson. …

Once every six months or so my brother my sister and I (who are scattered across the country) get together. There are three of us, of whom I am the oldest. We rotate who plays host, and this past week was my turn. My brother and niece were slated to…