Paper trumps rock

I don’t even know what to say about this experience from the fifth annual Conversation Among Masters coaching conference (that is really a non-conference) that I didn’t already write in this latest column. As a kid, I was never one to join in games or...

Quotables

Good stuff from my morning reading. First up, from Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac, on this day in 1845 Robert Browning met Elizabeth Barrett. She said, “I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” Second, from Mark...

Just sayin’ …

You can hardly go in a gift shop these days without finding a diva-themed section that plays into women’s love of shoes, makeup, etc. They’re always fun and sometimes glamorous. So enjoyed one at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., all except for a...

All about bags

Just returned from the fifth annual Conversation Among Masters (CAM) coaching conference and it was so wall-to-wall that I’m just getting around to posting a column that went live yesterday. After meeting with entrepreneur Emily Blumenthal and finding her energy...

Blossoming

Every once in a while I see something in a store that captivates me so much I wind up “visiting” it before facing the inevitable reality that I’ll be buying it. Today it came in the form of a white silk scarf hand-painted with bright-colored flowers....