This letter has been sitting on my to-do list since at least last January. I finally settled down yesterday, got it written and emailed it to Arthur S. Brisbane who is the public editor at The New York Times. Dear…
Continue ReadingI started the week in a cab in DC. I was on my way to a meeting with people who wanted to talk about wellness. “Wellness” is a surprisingly difficult topic to talk about, here’s why… If you talk about wellness from a truly holistic point of view, the concept is so smooth and round, […]
Continue ReadingThere is nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said about Steve Jobs, undoubtedly a genius of a certain kind, who pushed technology forward at a faster clip than it would otherwise have moved, who made elegant, little toys…
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The Elder Wisdom Circle always makes interesting reading. Here is a taste… FAMILY: Dad makes fun of my boyfriend around me My main problem is an issue I’m having with my dad. He dislikes my boyfriend to the highest level just because of his skin color which is black. My father tends to make fun […]
Continue ReadingI have written about Hot Koko, the musical duo that Jude and I formed when we were in our late 40’s… HERE, HERE and HERE. Now that we are in our early 50’s, music and our enjoyment of being new and highly amateur musicians is really coming into its own. This summer we released our […]
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First an earthquake and then a hurricane. I fully expect the east coast to be hit with swarms of locusts next week followed by a plague of frogs. It was impressive in the run-up to Hurricane Irene how hospitals and…
Continue ReadingOne of the difficulties that always presents itself to those who seek to change social systems and cultural practices is the push—pull tension between what you should do and what you can do. It works like this… All social systems (thankfully) have built in “shock absorbers” which make them pretty hard to change. Imagine waking up tomorrow […]
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My new novel has a plot point that turns on the abandonment of cursive by all but the old. Then. I read this. Some educators have been calling for the end of handwriting for years. But handwriting is not an antediluvian method of communication to be tossed aside in favor of e-learning, reports the Los Angeles Times (June 15, […]
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