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Leap: Revolutionaries and Shipbuilders

Posted in community, creativity, dreams, inspiration on May 5, 2012 | 6 Comments »

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood, and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery Over the last few days, I’ve been reflecting on how to rally a community around an idea [...]

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Leap: A Daily Can-Do Mantra

Posted in adventure, career, decision-making, determination, inspiration on March 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I found this image on Pinterest. I immediately hung it up at my desk to read out loud any time I get scared as I begin this new adventure to merge my career with my personal values. It makes me feel strong. I hope it helps you, too.

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Leap: New York Begins Its Quest for the LowLine, an Underground Park on the LES

Posted in creativity, design, environment, imagination, innovation, inspiration on February 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Is it technically “leap” or “jump” – as in down the rabbit hole below Delancey Street? You’ve got 37 more days to back an incredible public works project known as the LowLine that promises to bring a year-round underground park to New York’s Lower East Side. The project envisions a re-purposing of a long-abandoned trolley [...]

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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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