Dear Friend, If someone tells you that you’ve taken something to heart, they realize you really care about the matter you’ve discussed. You may even have changed your mind or behavior. Which led me to wonder how the heart came
TOO HOT!
Dear Friend, When I was about nine, my family didn’t have air conditioning in Minnesota. On hot summer evenings, we’d hop in the car with windows open and let the breeze blow through to cool us off. Thinking about pollutants
THE GREATEST THING
Dear Friend, My headline might seem mysterious. What is the “greatest thing?” It’s now the title of Book 4 of the Louisa’s Vineyard Series. It took some time to come up with an appropriate title, but I didn’t want to
SCANDALS, CUSTOMS, and MANNERS
Dear Friend, One of the most memorable events of my life was my tenth birthday. My grandmother, who was the Executive Secretary to the Airport Manager of LaGuardia Airport, was coming to get me to fly me back to NYC!
OVER AND OVER, AND OVER–SOCIAL MEDIA ISN’T SOCIABLE
Dear Friend – This time, I’m talking about my efforts to become an accomplished social media user. When social media came along, I thought I’d be a natural. Earlier in my career, I learned to use desktop publishing for newsletters
IT’S A PUZZLE!
Dear Friend, Writing any book is like developing and assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle. The many pieces may seem to have little in common with the other pieces, but when properly connected, they form a coherent and, sometimes inspiring, design.
DREAMING WILL MAKE IT SO…
Dear Friends, As a child, do you ever remember dreaming? I don’t, but I recall sleepwalking. As I sleepwalked, I remember mumbling about “half a blue, half a blue, blue, blue.” Strange, but in context, it made perfect sense. I’d
HOW TO BE HAPPY
Dear Friends, Waxing philosophical, I thought I’d share some interesting concepts I’ve learned on a topic we all care about. HOW TO BE HAPPY Although stocks have been on a roller coaster and other elements of our national identity have
SETTLE DOWN, EVERYONE!
SETTLE DOWN, EVERYONE! THINGS WILL GET BETTER . . . AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST Have you ever found a word unsettling? It sticks in your head, and you can’t get rid of it? I did it again! “Unsettling”
ASPIRATION and INSPIRATION
Thinking back to earlier days, it seems I’ve always wanted to be a writer. I just wasn’t sure how to go about it. I remember writing a non-fiction piece, submitting it to a popular magazine, and being rejected. Then, months