So I receive a text 4:00 p.m. last Monday afternoon that Fox 5 News seeks to interview a representative of group I am involved with for their telecast that begins just over one hour later. The group's president, Susan Lee, who sent the text, and a former city council member and retired jurist, Kathryn Freed, who we prefer to use a spokespersons, a …
I found an old note yesterday while leafing through my phone. It's a quote I typed in over 5 years ago. I’m not sure where it came from originally: “Effortlessly flowing through life doing what I love to do.” Now that is a state of being worth striving for. Lately, life has felt a bit heavy for me. Pressures, deadlines, distractions, etc. But t …
I found an old note yesterday while leafing through my phone. It's a quote I typed in over 5 years ago. I’m not sure where it came from originally: “Effortlessly flowing through life doing what I love to do.” Now that is a state of being worth striving for. Lately, life has felt a bit heavy for me. Pressures, deadlines, distractions, etc. But t …
My fellow Syracuse University graduate and Key West neighbor, Louis Petrone, aka "Key West Lou", achieved his 90th birthday this past Sunday. On its own, the mere accumulation of so many years is cause for celebration, but, even more so, we must celebrate how his (triumph of the will) determination carried him through extended travail which would …
There’s a crystal shop in Great Barrington. Lots of meditation, wellness and supporting crystals.Thinking that a smooth stone in a pocket would be nice - pink quartz is very calming - we ventured in.Inspecting the abundance of quartz, there was one that stood out . Unlike the others, it was cracked. Its smooth surface was interrupted.It spoke to us …
Here is the catch. You must be dead and cremated. If this can work, there are several companies that will fly your ashes to space and bring them back down to earth for about $3,500. Not too bad if you don’t have the means, while alive. For about three decades, a company based in Texas has billed itself as the first and most prominent business to o …
Here is the catch. You must be dead and cremated. If this can work, there are several companies that will fly your ashes to space and bring them back down to earth for about $3,500. Not too bad if you don’t have the means, while alive. For about three decades, a company based in Texas has billed itself as the first and most prominent business to o …
Here is the catch. You must be dead and cremated. If this can work, there are several companies that will fly your ashes to space and bring them back down to earth for about $3,500. Not too bad if you don’t have the means, while alive. For about three decades, a company based in Texas has billed itself as the first and most prominent business to o …
Here is the catch. You must be dead and cremated. If this can work, there are several companies that will fly your ashes to space and bring them back down to earth for about $3,500. Not too bad if you don’t have the means, while alive. For about three decades, a company based in Texas has billed itself as the first and most prominent business to o …
A few weeks back, Bill and I had dinner with some new friends. We were all just getting to know each other. When one shared about her children, my first question was – where do your children live? A little while later we both laughed at my perspective. Both of my grown children live in far away states. Air travel is definitely required. (Well …
