Friday became a rather special day. It started with the Daily News publishing an op-ed penned by our daughter, Marisa, on its website and then we receive word our daughter-in-law, Carrie, passed her dissertation defense that morning, thus earning her PhD in Psychology at my alma mater Hofstra University. Marisa’s commentary, Don’t just condemn …
Last Wednesday was a treat for me. It was the last class I taught for the present cohort of students through the entrepreneurship program at Hofstra. It was a treat because we met in person! After 40+ hours of teaching online, I finally got to meet everyone face to face. It was so uplifting being in the room with these budding entrepreneurs, fee …
Neither of my parents graduated high school and my mother made it a priority that I attend college. She acted as if she hit the lottery when I graduated law school :)I graduated Syracuse University in 1963, Joanne attended for 2 years before coming home as prelude to our marriage and our son Alex graduated in 1993. One might say that orange blood c …
About once a week I receive a copy of the Vineyard Gazette in the mail. It’s the local newspaper from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.We’ve been visiting the Vineyard for years and, for the limited time we spend there, we consider it one of our homes away from home. We always read the Gazette when we are on the Vineyard. Many years ago I felt it w …
May is dream time for NBA and NHL fans. It seems that every night features intense games that really matter. The regular season games often feel like routine exercises. But, in the playoffs, the players bring their hearts and souls to every game. The best of seven games series are wars of strategy and attrition. Coaches and players must figure …
Do you have a happy place? After being squarely in one of mine last week, I decided I was pretty lucky to actually have a long list of happy places. My top five came down this way: A summertime beach day with my husband, a good book, good snacks and a glass of wine Watching my son perform – music is so clearly his happy place and so it i …
We’ve all been there. Those weeks where work is all consuming. You finally get home and you need something to help you mentally unwind a bit. Perhaps, a guilty pleasure? For me, this week, my guilty pleasure was turning on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” Friday evening when I got home from work. For an hour I truly enjoyed watching other p …
No surprises this year. And I get spend part of it with two of the three moms in my life. You see I enjoy two moms; not of the Heather has two variety but it would be okay if that were the case. One I share with my brother Richy and our step-bro Jeff, whose dad, since passed, married our mom. Richy and I share with Rob, his mom Jean and our late da …
I met David in 2005, at a Commerce Group meeting. We hit it off immediately, passing notes on our phones, making bad jokes, until Fred had to school us. From that first meeting onwards, he adopted me as his mentee, invited me to various events, Gotham Queens, the Havana Club, etc. He also introduced me to Steve Lichtenstein – someone I was terri …
Yes, I am happy to be home safe and sound, but parting is such sweet sorrow. We have reveled in Paradise for 4 months and Paradise Lost is not an easy read or feeling. See you soon!
The other day a guided meditation asked me to consider the teachers in my life.As I focused on my breathing, I searched for the single person who stood out in my mind as being nurturing, encouraging and a guide on my journey.I searched my memory bank and one of my college professors came through clearly. But I couldn’t think of anyone from earlier …
If you are ready to hear Bob Dylan’s songs delivered masterfully, beautifully, and harmoniously, run to see it. Bob Dylan, considered by many, to be the best American songwriter of the last 60 years has a significant catalogue of songs that covers just about every feeling and issue people experience. Depression era Minnesota is the setting for …
A colleague and I were recently talking about the “old days.” Back in the day, we would leave the office at 5:00 on a Friday night and could not be reached again until Monday morning when we returned to the office. During those days, our weekends belonged to us. That was before we had home fax machines which then morphed into email and cell phon …
Shhhhh, don’t tell my mom. With Mother’s Day coming up, my sister and I put our heads together to come up with a meaningful gift for mom. She’s had a rough time lately and we were hoping to come up with something that might give her a lift. I think we did or at least I hope so. Have you seen a Skylight frame? It is basically a digital frame t …
A colleague and I were recently talking about the “old days.” Back in the day, when we could leave the office at 5:00 on a Friday night and not be reached again until Monday morning when we returned to the office. Of course that was before we had home fax machines which then morphed into email and cell phones. I never had a personal fax machine …
