My family had an interesting conversation over the Thanksgiving table. We each recounted our favorite childhood Thanksgiving memory. I tried to relay a memory from when my children were young. But my now adult children called me out on that and asked me to recount a Thanksgiving memory from when I was a child.  It was, actually, an easy memory to tell.  

Early in my career I enjoyed opportunities to work to enact major environmental initiatives including “The NYC Recycling Law,” the “Spill Bill,” mandating cleanup of accidental releases of hazardous substances or assessing three times the cost of any cleanup performed by the City of New York (The Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Law

I’m all in when it comes to smoking ducks and frying turkeys—it’s my thing. But I have to tell you it wasn’t easy this year. The weather was cold and wet. Keeping the smoker at the right temp was a battle, and the fryer took forever to heat up.   But for me, no challenge is too big when it comes to the feast. I stuck it out, got everything cooked, and the food? Totally worth it. Thanksgiving mission accomplished!

One of my goals in life is to continue to "be in the traffic" (and remain relevant).

I wonder whether the turkeys pardoned by the President and really thankful. However, we enjoy this day, may we find a moment to be thankful. Happy Thanksgiving.  

Just when you thought things were in cruise mode...BAAAMMM .... out of the blue life can deal you a wicked hand.   However, when this happens, you instantly know who your friends are.  The ones who support you and encourage you.  I have many such friends in Gotham.  I am also fortunate to have a very supportive family.  So in this instance, I was covered all the way around.  

Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence.  It is showing up in so many different ways.  You can’t even do a google search anymore without AI results.  

For me, Thanksgiving is all about the side dishes. It’s also about the frame of the turkey but that’s a blog for another day.