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Leap: Grow Where You’re Planted

Posted in growth, inspiration, nature on February 20, 2012 | 2 Comments »

I spent the weekend with my friends Ken, Tom, and Amber in Bucks County, PA, just outside of Philadelphia. Ken and Tom recently purchased a home there that put me so at ease I thought of asking to become their live-in housekeeper / dog walker / cook. Some day soon, I’m sure they’ll be appearing [...]

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Leap: Kevin Spacey Inspires Passion as Richard III at BAM

Posted in art, inspiration, passion, theatre on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

My friend, Trevin, future editor of the New York Times Theater section, told me if I see one show this season, Richard III should be it. I couldn’t refuse. My friend, Rob, and I went to see Kevin Spacey in the title role at BAM last week. Neither of us had ever been to BAM [...]

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Leap: In Love with Pinterest, a Celebration of Beauty in Images

Posted in art, inspiration, photographs, pictures on January 24, 2012 | 8 Comments »

I found my way to Pinterest through a blog friend labyrinth. My friend Phyllis started a new blog, The Carb Lover Lady. Phyllis and I are bloggy friends after I asked to interview her back in 2009 for my Examiner column on entrepreneurship. Phyllis recently featured a recipe for Greek Yogurt Banana Bread on her [...]

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Beginning: Make Your Own Funny

Posted in art, books, business, comedy, creativity, innovation, inspiration, invention, theatre on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Comics say funny things and comedic actors say things funny.” ~ Ed Wynn via Carol Burnett, Happy Accidents Over the winter holidays I started reading the wonderful book Happy Accidents, a memoir by comedic actress Jane Lynch. At turns the book is hilarious, heartwarming, and heartbreaking. Jane has the incredible ability to make people feel [...]

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Beginning: How to Recognize an Ending

Posted in change, choices, clarity, inspiration, invention, writing on December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

My year of writing about new beginnings is winding down. A few more days and my new writing adventure for 2012 will take shape. I’ll reveal more details about this shortly. For the moment, I’m thinking about endings. The end of 2011. The end of spending too much time on things that aren’t adding to [...]

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Beginning: My Night at the Theatre with Martin Luther King and Aretha Franklin

Posted in art, courage, fear, inspiration, theatre on December 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »

“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want [...]

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Beginning: Decide to Marry the Night

Posted in commitment, dreams, inspiration, music, television on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it! / Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” ~ Goethe Late on Thanksgiving night everyone had gone home and my parents were fast asleep. Phineas was cuddled up next to me snoozing, and I was pecking away on my laptop to draft a [...]

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Beginning: My Features on Sour to Sweet, a Blog Focused on People Defying the Great Recession

Posted in blog, business, celebration, economy, hope, inspiration, writing, yoga on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Lauren Murray is striking back against the idea that our economy has ruined all of us. Her blog, Sour to Sweet, is “my attempt to counterbalance the doom and gloom that’s already out there. Let’s celebrate the successes that, seemingly against all odds, have occurred despite the economic downturn.” Lauren reached out to me a [...]

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Beginning: What Steve Jobs Taught Me

Posted in apple, inspiration, technology, tagged on August 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

There are plenty of people out there playing pundit about the fate of Apple now that Steve Jobs has stepped down. When I heard about his resignation, I at first felt a real sadness and then my attention quickly turned to gratitude for what he gave to all of us. While Apple and its team [...]

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Beginning: Monica McCarthy and Sara Alvarez Begin Their New Coaching Journeys

Posted in business, happiness, health, inspiration, tagged on June 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I am blessed with a life filled with inspiring friends. I love to feature the important work they’re doing out in the world. Today’s features fall to Monica McCarthy and Sara Alvarez, two women finding their voices through their writing and their practice as coaches. Monica McCarthy, the Lifestylista One of her mantras: “It takes [...]

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