Yesterday morning it was summer. Hot, humid, air-conditioning weather. By late afternoon, it was fall. Temperatures dropped severely on the island I call Manhattan and a jacket was needed. I thought I was ready for fall until I found myself shivering on a street corner last night while thinking gloves and a scarf might have been […]
My Love/Hate Relationship With September
I have this love/hate relationship with September. I always have. At my core I am a summer girl. Yes, I love autumn leaves and the first sign of a forsythia blooming in the spring. A day spent skiing the Rockies after a fresh fallen snow will never fail to make me smile. But the summer […]
Pushing My Own Buttons
People pay me to push their buttons. That’s why people hire a coach. So that someone else will make them do what they stop themselves from doing. Reaching higher. Stretching farther. Shaking things up. Refusing to settle for anything less than what they deserve. Pointing out what they already know but weren’t willing to look […]
Earthquakes and Hurricanes and Flooding, Oh My!
There is much to fear if you let it when you live in a city like New York. My mother taught me at a young age how to hold my pocketbook on the subway so my wallet would not get picked and to never to stand too close to the edge of the platform in the […]
Giuseppe’s Getting Ready
Most of us spend our lives trying not to be seen. Slipping just far enough under the radar so we can call ourselves a success without getting too much attention. We play by the rules someone else created for us, our family, our culture, our religions. Not being seen fully allows us to keep our […]
Terrified
Today I am terrified. I’m not sure the reason. Maybe it was seeing The Help this weekend, a wonderful screen version of a terrific novel and feeling my story is so small in comparison. Maybe it was reading The New York Times yesterday and being reminded of last week’s roller coaster ride in the markets […]
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