Last Saturday I went back to our old High School (we still live in Roslyn) to take in the Roslyn High School Homecoming football game.  So many memories welled up, eg, it is the same field on which Joanne was a cheer leader and upon which I played soccer.  Better yet, I was joined by my son David and grandson Jackson, Roslyn High School attendees also.  Most noteworthy, I bumped into Steve and Joan Dichter.  Steve was my Soccer and Baseball teammate and Best Man at our wedding 50 years ago.  Joan was Joanne's business partner in Gifted Desserts.

"Be prepared!" Wasn't that one of the basic tenets of the Boy Scouts? What surprised me most about Monday night's debate was the lack of preparation by one candidates. As I was watching, I wondered whether the debate would be used as an example of the importance of preparation.

From the HuffPost:

  It was uncomfortable and took the fun away.    

As many of you may know, when my husband was thirty years old, and his first wife was twenty-nine, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Through my husband’s tireless efforts at finding different treatments for her she lived thirteen years after her initial diagnosis. She passed, however, when she was forty-two years old and my husband was forty-three.  

I enjoy recognizing those who make a difference in our communities and the world by celebrating people and organizations, who work in ways big and small; for-profit and not-for-profit, to make our world a little greener.

A hug a day...   Yes it's true. A study published by Carnegie Mellon suggests that, in addition to making us feel connected with others, hugs may prevent us from getting sick. You might think that hugging hundreds of strangers would increase your exposure to germs and therefore the likelihood of falling ill. But the research out of Carnegie Mellon indicates that feeling connected to others, especially through physical touch, protects us from stress-induced sickness.  

I belong to 2 Book Clubs, yet I do not read.  Rather, I  commute to the city by car and listen to books on CD.  It is a very nourishing way to pass the time. I belong to an all male book group which is presently reading James Kaplan's great biography:  Sinatra: The Chairman. I also belong to the Gotham Book Club.  The Gotham Book Club is the brain child of my daughter in law Julie Klein and Co Chaired with her by John Buscarello.