A welcome dose of real

I was journaling and having a cup of coffee outside a cafe on this glorious day in Hoboken when a former client and fellow artist happened by. We began talking and I invited her to sit. And I am so happy that I did. We had a frank discussion on death and depression...

Survivor Tree

There is much to think about while walking through the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan. The obvious, of course, is the mayhem that occurred that day and the stark reality of the names etched along the massive pools representing the North and South towers. But I also...

Easy, called, soothed

On many a day I give thanks for Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac, but every so often it speaks to me in an extra special way. This poem for me evokes the way I feel when I am sitting at the Hudson River waterfront, not among trees, but in a...

Tartan gone wild

How do you not like writing about guys wearing kilts to clean windows? That’s the idea behind Men In Kilts. Founder Nicholas Brand takes me through the genesis of this franchising company. Today’s Game Plan: Yes, Those Are ‘Men In...

Oh, Erica

Last weekend I received an email from a friend telling me author Erica Kennedy had died. What? What? What? My relationship with Erica, age 42, was professional with a plus. Hers is the first testimonial on this website (from about 2004), written when her first novel,...