I don’t have any interest in going to space and I’m not a mountain climber. There isn’t one ounce of me that feels a burning desire to rope myself to other human beings, attach spikes to my feet and climb to the roof of the sky. But I understand the importance of a journey. I’m married to an adrenaline junkie, a man who loves adventure, but it is more ...
As an author and book lover, I’m often asked what I’m currently reading. Or, more fun for me, “What should I read next?” It’s a little like being a book shrink for your friends. When I started posting books on social media, I began to get emails and comments from near and far; friends, acquaintances and other bookish folks. Some even weighed in to ...
I’ve been telling some version of my story for almost eleven years. Give or take, that’s about a fifth of my life. It’s been a profession, a part-time career really, speaking to groups of varying size, charities, associations, investment banks, lecture series, insurance companies, hospitals and medical professionals, ladies lunches, country clubs, ...
“Leash your dog!” The command bellowed across the golf course where a willowy man in a puff jacket brought a giant black beast of a dog to heel. Disoriented, my head snapped up as our two little dogs ran excitedly forward. The man struck a baronial pose in the distance. His canine’s head was almost chest level. “Do you hear me?” The frigid January ...
Val Haller was always the cool kid on the block. Literally. With four young boys and a backyard ice rink, Val’s house was where kids and adults congregated, like a giant tailgate party. Twenty years later, Val’s house is still the place to be, but for altogether different reasons. I’ll get to that in a moment. Our family lived down the street and ...