Oprah Says Don’t let Other People Write Your Script & I Say: I alone write my own story We are on the eve of yet another new year. We may make resolutions. We may keep some resolutions. More than likely we will do neither. However, many of us […]
City Structures Make Me Feel so Empowered and Humble: This Year’s Past Travel As a New Yorker I love tall buildings. I loved Spiderman, growing up, for that very reason. If you want to be a super hero you need some tall buildings from which to do grand […]
Finding Warmth in the Winter Wonderland of Berlin: It’s all in a Boy’s Eye I have a love of travel that I believe I have firmly instilled now in my six year old son. He loves “adventures.” Whenever we love the hotel, he notes we are going on […]
Secret Santa Time: The gift of compassion, self-preservation and freedom I am not a hugger as many people proclaim me to be. However, I am, indeed a gift-giver. I love celebrating birthdays, Halloween and Christmas. What I love most about those occasions is the act of giving gifts […]
This week I achieved a sense of serenity dosed with a cold splash of water This past week was one of the hardest I have had to endure mentally, physically and spiritually. However, it was the week where I finally enacted my 2014 new year’s resolution. Despite the […]
One hit wonders in the workplace: From the delightful to the utter bore of slacktivism The other day while driving to some weekend activity, I heard several one hit wonders on the radio. Eagle Eye Cherry’s Save Tonight came on as did Jacob Dylan’s One Headlight. I […]
Excitedly awaiting the arrival of the new year for it will not be meek: Happy Chrismukkah Growing up Puerto Rican in the South Bronx meant that Christmas time was a time of coquito (a rum Puerto Rican eggnog-like concoction), parrandas (caroling with maracas, drums and guitars) and family […]
No symbolophobia here: The love of convergence Tis the season for magical thinking, believing in miracles and wielding grand hopes for the future. After a relatively hard year, I have come to believe that everything is coming together. In some ways I believe in kismet. In other […]
The sisterhood blogging award: How wonderful to be virtually connected to other females-if only was so in the workplace In 2006, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright had some very strong words about sisterhood. She noted “There is a special place in hell for women who don’t […]
Paying someone to take my junk away Some individuals try really hard to clear their mind and get rid of their unique junk; their psychological and emotional junk. They will go to yoga, they will meditate, they will do needlepoint, they will run fast and hard, they will […]
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