Oh, that Reverend Mother

You never know when watching The Sound of Music for the umpteenth time will get you thinking. Last weekend, as Maria and the children cavorted and a love story unfolded, I had a moment. The next thing you know, a Game Plan column was born: Looking for Your Life in...

The woman behind ‘Little Women’

Just watched a PBS program on author Louisa May Alcott and enjoyed it immensely. Had no idea that among the writers and educators that taught her was Ralph Waldo Emerson and that she was an abolitionist and feminist. She wrote until her death at age 55. Makes me want...

9/11 hero wins big

While I was away celebrating Christmas with family, one of my most gratifying Game Plan columns went live. Mike and Fran Kosowski are special people and I so enjoyed chronicling a bit of their life-altering decade in 9/11 Hero Wins Million-Dollar Poker...

A social leap

A few weeks ago when a trusted colleague invited me to a party shrouded in mystery, I accepted. That was my first leap. I went into New York that evening and the surprises unfolded, courtesy of host Shelley Hainer. As you’ll see in today’s Game Plan, what...

Closing 2009 with joy

Looking forward to seeing family for Christmas and then some fun lunch dates planned with old friends while I’m hanging in my old stompin’ grounds in Central Jersey. As for you, dear readers, may there be at least moments in your holiday season that soothe...