My huge backyard

I whipped through The New York Times this morning with a tall cup of coffee while sitting on a bench at the Hoboken waterfront. It was delightful. Just enough breeze so the paper wasn’t flying, lots of activity all around, and the river active with boats....

Sitting in a postcard

Decided to skip Buddhist meditation class tonight. Needed a break from it. But the waterfront at Pier A Park was calling me and my music, so I spent an hour just zoning out to rock ‘n roll. Nothing like watching the Manhattan skyline go from light to dusk to...

Positive approach

Just started reading Authentic Happiness by Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D. He had me at this: For every one hundred journal articles [in the field of psychology] on sadness, there is only one on happiness.

Seat with a view

Began the day with rock ‘n roll pulsing in my ears, sitting at the end of Pier A Park in Hoboken. There’s something about that location. It’s like being plopped on a stationary boat in the middle of the Hudson River. And it’s such a great...