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Nancy Schess
Oct14
Photo Albums Over Time
Posted By : Nancy Schess

My phone houses almost 13,000 moments of memories – also known as photos.  Recently, I’ve noticed being drawn to the function that lets me sort those photos by year – and then comparing life from one year to the next.   I have family photos when my kids were young – through baseball games, school shows, dance competitions, speech and debate tournam

Rona Gura
Oct13
And So It Goes
Posted By : Rona Gura

I wanted to follow up on Nancy’s blog about the Billy Joel documentary, “And So It Goes.” I have  been a Billy Joel fan since high school, yes even before “The Stranger” came out. I owned “Cold Spring Harbor” and “Turnstiles.”     Being such a longtime fan, I absolutely loved the documentary.   Throughout the five hour documentary, however, I kept

Corey Bearak
Oct12
Celebrating a Milestone in Vegas
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Rather than a big party in town, we made big plans to celebrate reaching my milestone: seeing the Eagles as The Sphere in Las Vegas.   I really appreciate my beautiful bride, Rachelle, agreeing to embark on this kind of vacation. With the assistance of travel agent extraordinaire Laura Avital working with our daughter Marisa, we secured excellent

Mitch Tobol
Oct11
When you assume...
Posted By : Mitch Tobol

In his book Think Again, organizational psychologist Adam Grant reminds us that distance can distort perception. “The greater the distance between us and an adversary,” he writes, “the more likely we are to oversimplify their actual motives and invent explanations that stray far from their reality.”   This idea is an all too common human reaction. 

Fred Klein
Oct10
Redemption
Posted By : Fred Klein

If you know me, you know I have a boyish fanatical obsession with New York Yankee team Captain Aaron Judge, a Paul Bunyon wonder on the Major League Baseball field. Yes, he holds many batting records, yes he won the American League Batting title this year and yes he will win the league's Most Valuable Player Award for the third time this year, but

Benjamin Geizhals
Oct09
In Your Wallet ?
Posted By : Benjamin Geizhals

What’s in your wallet ? No, this is not a take-off the TV commercial and I’m not asking about credit cards.But a recent medical episode involving a friend of mine reminded me of the importance of having your emergency contacts in your wallet. And the information should be updated with names, priorities, cell phone numbers and emails.Some may opt fo

Shawn Bernabeu
Oct08
Rivilry
Posted By : Shawn Bernabeu

The Ryder Cup at Bethpage. Years of preperation. Millions of dollars of construction. The hieght of anticipation finally arrived.  Bethpage Black looked amazing. The best possible conditions. The course was made as easy as it could possibly be to allow the players to hit shots as long as possible without being punished by the thick rough that Black

Nancy Schess
Oct07
Movies -- In A Theatre!
Posted By : Nancy Schess

For the first time in more than five years, I have a list of movies coming out that I would like to see in an actual live movie theatre.   Dinner and a movie was a regular Saturday night date in our world until a little thing called a pandemic stopped that tradition.  Then we got lazy.    It is so very easy to lie on our comfy couch eating Chinese

Rona Gura
Oct06
Guess How Much Do I Love You
Posted By : Rona Gura

My daughter, Sydney, is pregnant and due to give birth to a baby girl on November 30, 2025. She recently sent me a copy of her registry.   I looked through it and was happy to see several books on the list, most of which I used to read to her as a child. One of the books listed was “Guess How Much I Love You?”   I questioned Sydney about why she ha