Getting ready for the holidays always reminds me of prepping for a big trip. All the lists, last minute trips to the store (usually the same one time and time again), packing (Halloween Decorations), unpacking (Christmas Decorations), and improvising those few things we forgot after checking the list at least 46 times. And it is all […]

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children’s futures, and we are all mortal.  — President John F. Kennedy, Speech at The American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963 Right now, in New York […]

To the love of my life, on his 30-something birthday. Today you begin what has, so far, been my favorite decade of life. And as one of many gifts, I want to offer 30 reasons why I love you. You are like a fine liqueur (whiskey, bourbon, tequila…), you just get better and better with age. Your […]