Suprise Me

    Co-creation   My children birthed me many times through our time together; we have labored over Our relationship Our independence Our interlocked destinies.   We have adventured as “family,” fought as friends do, with our least selves held in honor at some core level, while our higher selves offered bridges of joy and… Read More

My grandfather loved horses and gambling more than he loved my grandmother, so he spent a lot of time at the racetrack. Read More

I have never been on a diet. I don’t say this to brag, just stating a fact. I have no idea how many calories are in anything. I have never read a diet book or listened to a diet guru. I eat whatever I want to, and stop when I feel full. Yet I have… Read More

Later, she claimed that while she remembered being on Broadway, she had no idea why she had suddenly felt disconnected and isolated... Read More

If It’s Sunday,  This Must Be Yorkshire  Is it just me or is time flying by? With the new pandemic normal,  and all of us still somewhat in lockdown mode,  you’d think time would be creeping along like the proverbial snail. And you’d think we’d have all the time in the world to catch up… Read More

Maybe male chauvinism had forced Lily and Carmelita to become the better monopolists. Read More

"The Cops are coming, the cops are coming" - what were the conditions in the late 60's that inspired the take over and occupation of Harvard University's administration building? Read More

I appreciate the value of a good story, but you have to meet me halfway. Read More

There were so many steps along the way where something could go wrong that it always had a bit of a magical quality to it for me whenever it worked. Read More

Some of our friends here are classmates, so they may have already shared their stories… In the Spring of 1978, I was a student at Harvard Business School, commuting to the campus in Boston (right – not Cambridge!) from our house in Billerica, Massachusetts. On this Monday, there was a serious snow storm forecast. This… Read More