On Monday, a Northeaster, a full-blown blizzard, blanketed my hometown and region with 18 plus inches of snow.  Snow brings beauty, white flakes floating in the air, a winter wonderland and if you're lucky, the chance to pause and just be in the warmth of your

If someone would have told me in April as I hobbled around on crutches in Hawaii that on New Year's Eve, I'd be on a date in my hometown with someone from New Jersey I would have said, "What are you smoking?"  Life can

Thich Nhat Hanh said it best, "No mud, no lotus", and for sure this year has been filled with an abundance of mud. In these last weeks, my family-safe Covid bubble was pierced.  I was filled with shock and awe as our Thanksgiving together turned quickly

I haven't written for the past couple weeks mainly because I didn't have much to say. I found myself caught in the duality of the beautiful moments around me against the backdrop of all that was happening. I sat on empty superiorly cleaned airplanes going to

Leaves float through the air and dance across the street. I find myself enamored with all things Fall, watching nature's color turn from green to yellow, orange and red.  Today on my weekly leadership call one friend brought up the Hundredth Monkey Effect, "a hypothetical phenomenon

September 30, 3030 I'm mindful to keep this blog a place for all views. I'm asking myself what can I give to make our country our planet a better place? As I woke up this morning the pervading thought was, "Can we all take a

On Friday night, my friend Jen text me a tear-eyed and broken heart emoji and the initials RBG. I text her back, "What happened to RBG?"  And soon, like millions, I would find out the sad news that she had transitioned.   I won't forget where I

"Lighten up, Francis". Many of us can remember that iconic scene in Stripes, when Francis Soyer says, "Any of you guys call me Francis and I’ll kill you.", and Sergeant Hulka's classic reply to lighten his mood and to not take things so seriously.  Boy oh

"It feels daunting", said my fifteen-year-old nephew as he described going back to school today. A hybrid schedule-- two days on the computer, two days in school and a flex day every other week without being able to see all his friends, though

The last forty-eight hours I have been under the weather. I woke up Sunday night to severe abdominal cramps and a fever.  There is something about being sick that makes you very present. Today I feel much better and the subject of