Take a step back, please

My history of not liking to be encroached upon goes back to my days in a baby carriage, at least according to my mother. A few experiences lately have reminded me of this and how that translates into adulthood. In short, beware if you’re trying to sell me...

Biz with a twist

A bunch of small moments the last few weeks converged to bring me to this place where I was thinking about competitors and how we deal with them in our business.  Or not deal with them at all, despite what we learned in marketing 101. Today’s Game Plan: How...

Vital connections

Went to see Mary Oliver read some poetry at the 92nd Street Y the other night with my friend Debbie and we were delighted to find out she’d be introduced by Eve Ensler. I wondered what the connection might be and that question stayed with me long after the...

Lit from within

Already her images are starting to disappear from media coverage, the courageous 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot for insisting on having her education. Malala Yousufzai has been in my thoughts a lot and, as is my way, I decided to process it through writing....

Getting gritty

I wasn’t quite sure how all my exposure to culture last week was going to converge in a column, but I was pretty certain it would. This one is ultimately about life’s messiness, but it’s got some friendship, a New York Times article by Luis Negron,...