Creative charm

Last week I wrote a Game Plan column about a business in Hoboken where I had a custom microwave stand made. The store is called Urban Nesters and it was such a pleasure to get to know Kammas and Michelle in the process. Kammas is an amazing artisan who makes gorgeous...

Catching up

With my mother in the hospital having knee surgery and then staying for rehab, posting here has gotten away from me a little bit. Two Game Plan columns were published last week while I was away — Must We Be Resigned to Our Great Divide? (interesting response on...

Cycling through

Just kind of been sitting back letting this Lance Armstrong stuff sink in as it somehow culminates with his Oprah Winfrey interview. I wrote this before the interview aired. Something sent me to my bookshelf and The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I guess you...

Under the weather

Been pretty grounded since last Thursday. Not sure which bug I picked up. Just letting the fever, cough and so forth work its way through. Was moved to write this in the wee hours Sunday night. Something about surrendering to sickness feels blissfully healthy for me....

Luscious start to 2013

On the day Hurricane Sandy hit, my friend Kathi and I were supposed to go to St. John the Divine to hear Dr. Eben Alexander talk about his book, Proof of Heaven, A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife. With the aftermath of the storm and then the holidays...