The concrete and the divine

Contentedly snowed in last night, I was watching Bill Maher when he and his guest, Lawrence Krauss, laughed uproariously at the topic of a Newsweek cover about Dr. Eben Alexander’s book,  Proof of Heaven. Without even a glimmer of openness to anything Tina Brown...

The power of our words

Undoubtedly because I’m a writer, the word is more precious to me than it is to some. Perhaps that’s why the first of Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements resonates with me so: Be impeccable with your word. With that in mind, I’ve assembled...

Disorder my foot

My father used to work crazy shifts for Conrail. I was a sports journalist for over a decade and worked an alternate shift. So I know a thing or two about the toll it takes on people to work something other than 9-to-5. That’s why I couldn’t take another...

Bright Monday

So enjoyed the weekend, as it was partly social, partly productive, with a little bit of Bill Maher and Saturday Night Live thrown in for good measure. Not to mention the colorful bouquet of flowers I splurged on that includes Gerbera daisies in orange, hot pink and...