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…yesterday along with the other gazillion people he wrote to. The letter began Dear Lennie, “I messed up. I owe you an explanation.” Thank You Reed but you didn’t do anything to me. Even though I’m going to keep reading in hopes of finding a gift certificate in your letter. “It is clear from the [...]

I’ve watched in amazement as my youngest keeps growing into achievement. One of her secrets is weightlessness. She’s a newlywed, they have a dog and an apartment in Manhattan. In the fall she will enter a Masters program at Penn. He will stay in their apartment and possibly get a roommate. She will rent a little space, [...]

I competed in Toastmaster’s Smack Down this week and came in last behind the mental patient.  To make it worse, it was the easiest topic in the easiest division AND I did my best.   In cream on cream wool with matching stilettos, my first 30 seconds were a breeze.  But for the next 60 seconds, [...]

Image via Wikipedia We need a new name for Monday.  Sunday sounds like a dessert.  Saturday reminds me of grass and sneakers. But when I think of Monday, I think of the first day of a long week and the only day when I feel completely behind in my entire work week by 10 am [...]

Image by freefotouk via Flickr Whether we turn left or right, veer, maneuver or align, right now the challenge is to keep the faith and shoot in the right direction.  The code of the road is experiment, develop – innovate, try AND learn. Thanks to Erin Shakoor of Shakoor interior design, I discovered a writer [...]

Image via Wikipedia There was debate amongst Chicago art dealers that included those still in business and some no longer open as to how to price art in this economy.  According to the article in the Sunday Trib, the camps were divided into: the artists have earned their provenance and deserve their prices vs I’m [...]