Easy for you. Impossible for me.
I surprised Elysha with flowers on Sunday. I bought flowers for Clara in celebration of her dance recital, and I bought flowers for two of Elysha's former students who were…
Martha Stewart: The swimsuit model
Martha Stewart - age 81 - appeared on the cover of this year's Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue. Since she appeared in the magazine in early May, I've heard three…
Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and beginnings
Bruce Springsteen once said that his goal is to overwhelm his audience in the first five minutes of his concerts. After that, he says, he's got them for the rest…
Like father, like son.
Charlie plays second base for his Little League team. I noticed that when there's a baserunner on second, he often chats the player up quite a bit. "I saw you…
Curiosity pays off again and again
More than a decade ago, I began studying the financial markets simply because I was curious. I'd read books like Good to Great and become interested in why some businesses…
Pride Month here. Bigotry there.
It astounds me that during Pride Month, I live in a region of the country - New England - where flying the pride flag at the elementary school where I…
They love reading, and it’s my fault.
Charlie came downstairs early on Saturday morning, picked up a book, sat down on the couch with the cat, and spent nearly an hour reading. His weekend was dawning, and…
Russian
Behold. The Russian cover for my novel "The Other Mother." I like it a lot. My Russian friend says it's very Soviet in style. My students thought it looked like…
Fragile white people only hurt their children
Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" has been moved from the elementary section to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade County public school after a parent complaint and…
Resolution update: May 2023
Every month I report the progress of my yearly goals in order to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable. The following are the results from…
