Nancy’s recent blog about her daughter attending the prom inspired me to write this blog. Next Monday both my daughter and step-son will be attending their prom. Their preparations for the event could not be more different. My daughter’s preparation began in early January. At that time, a Facebook page was posted wherein every girl attending th …
Did you know that June 7 was National Donut Day? First celebrated in 1938 by the Salvation Army in Chicago, the holiday was established as a fundraiser for those in need during the Great Depression, and to honor the Salvation Army “donut lassies” who served deep-fried rounds of dough to famished soldiers during World War I. What began as a small c …
This blog is not about politics. This blog is about change. As a young adult, I was a left wing liberal. My father, on the other hand, was a right wing conservative. We used to love butting heads over politics. I was the “meat-head” to his Archie Bunker. My father would end every argument with these words, “You’ll see that I’m right when you get …
I was asked to discuss at a meeting this week, how the South Shore was doing six months after Sandy. I talked about many of the businesses that still haven’t come back. I also spoke about all the homes that still haven’t or are just beginning to undergo construction. Without realizing that I would, I spent a lot of time discussing the color …
This past weekend began a very exciting period for my husband and me. All four of our children are graduating this spring. My daughter and step daughter graduated college this past weekend. My other daughter and step son graduate high school in June. The overwhelming emotion my husband and I are feeling is pride. With respect to our older chil …
Since Kim Kardashian announced that she was pregnant, photographs of her have been published on an almost daily basis. Equally pervasive have been negative comments about her weight gain and her choice of clothing during her pregnancy. She has been criticized for gaining too much weight, wearing clothing that was too tight, too revealing, and heel …
I have a confession to make. While I have a Linkedin profile I am not, at all, comfortable with using Linkedin. And, while I know that statement alone will probably generate a lot of castigatory comments that is not the focus of this blog. I accepted a Linkedin request this week for someone to join my network. After that, I was directed to a …
I have noticed an interesting phenomena; since we have switched to the new web site our blogs, mine included, have gotten noticeably shorter. Do you think it has something to do with the new format or have we learned to say what’s on our minds a lot more efficiently?
I know my fellow bloggers have all written about what occurred in Boston this week. But I couldn’t let the opportunity to go by without adding my thoughts. My cousin Josh’s speech to his son at his son’s bar mitzvah this past weekend inspired me to write about the heroes in Boston. Josh, in his speech, recalled a famous discussion between two c …
The internet is buzzing with reaction to last Thursday’s Glee episode. As some of you may have read, the episode involves a student bringing a gun to school and the terrified reaction of the student’s classmates. I have not yet seen the episode although I have read a lot about it. Those criticizing the episode have argued that it exploited the N …
On Friday, very early in the morning, I brought my car into the dealer to be serviced. I was shocked to see approximately twenty people sitting in the waiting room who had brought their car in before me. As I sat down to do some work, I noticed almost everyone in that room was either doing work, reading the newspaper, or had their eyes closed. No o …
My step-son, Ryan, turned eighteen on Saturday (yes, he shares a birthday with our illustrious co-founder, Fred). As this was a milestone celebration for Ryan I wanted to write something special in his card. I wanted to offer him some wise advice that would be useful to him in his adulthood. I struggled to think of what information would have been …
Fred’s blog about control a few weeks ago inspired me to think about a related subject, delegating. I was never good at delegating work. I always felt that I could probably do it better and faster myself. I’ve come to realize that my inability to delegate work was tied into my inability to relinquish control over the work. A few years ago, we hir …
It was an event we were happily anticipating for several weeks. I should, actually, say that we had been anticipating this event for several years because I remember distinctly where and when I was told about this event. And since I don’t remember much these days, that’s saying a lot. The event was on Saturday night. My husband and I were all dre …
I was very saddened to hear this week that Valerie Harper, the actress who played Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and, thereafter, on the spin-off, “Rhoda” has terminal cancer. As a young girl, I loved watching “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” with my friends. While my friends all seemed to identify with Mary, it was the character of …
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