The egg timer has been a permanent fixture in my home since I was a kid. My mother had a white one with black numbers to keep track of her cooking. She kept using the same one for a long time, even after it melted slightly when it was accidentally left too close to a […]
Selling is NOT a 4-Letter Word
I learned to embrace the word sell a long time ago. I’ve called it an art, a skill, and a game. To me selling is the telling of a story with the intent to persuade someone to do something. Our economy and our livelihoods depend on selling.Without selling there is no buying and therefore no […]
The Walgreening of Duane Reade
Anyone who has ever traveled to South Beach with me knows of my fascination with the Walgreen’s on Lincoln Road. No matter what hotel I am staying at I feel the need to stop in Walgreen’s at least once if not twice a day. Sometimes it is with purpose and sometimes just to wander the […]
The Bird Sisters
If you’re not familiar with Goodreads and you like to read I suggest you sign yourself up. Goodreads is a social network for readers with a mission “to get people excited about reading.” Members recommend books, compare what they’re reading, form book clubs and occasionally get lucky like me and win an advance copy of […]
My Confession
It wasn’t something I was planning on. I had resolved myself that I was done, in fact publicly admitting that I was over it on this very blog. But I knew I might be tempted. From the moment the previews featured her, a real star chosen as part of the cast I knew I could […]
Pleasurable Birthing
Having never had children the process of a nine month gestation and physical birthing is not something I have personal knowledge of. Yet I have always used the broad stroke of analogy that when in the throes of creation, whether it is a story, a novel, a business or a romance you are in essence […]
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