There is Something about Mary in the Deep South: My Alternate Persona My mom’s favorite holiday was April Fool’s Day. She loved to pull pranks and she would go all out on the first of April every year. She would take rotten steak and place under the couch […]
You sat diagonally from me Deeply rooted in your stature My shared distress You treated as if I were flea You sighed and nodded Pushing all non self-referential concerns away Not a bit of caring sweat you dropped Not a moment did you spare to learn of the […]
I know that teen angst-driven shows on television perpetuate the concept of best friends forever (BFFs). Does that exist anymore? We may wonder whether Serena and Blair stay friends, Buffy and Willow, or Rachel and Monica after the cameras have turned off. Another point to ponder nowadays is […]
Letting it go I was once free but now I have trouble with the act of leaving. I must assess why that it is. I have reached a lot of cross roads in my life. Last night, while out on a business dinner, I mentioned the two books […]
I need not seek the spotlight In order to outshine the false prophets I need not stand ahead of the crowd In order to have a raised voice I need not tell a hundred and one lies In order to achieve a unified vision I may stand to […]
The more pressure there is the more manic, yet Zen, I tend to get. I have come to realize I enjoy working under pressure. Ok. Enjoy is too strong a word. I tend to thrive under pressure. I get focused and task oriented. Yet, I still manage to […]
I travel a ton for work. Next week will be my third week in a row if back to back trips. I have basically lived out of a backpack the last few weeks. My specialty are clothes that do not need ironing. I always wear a dress on […]
Don’t Pity me Because I walk everywhere: I am a cool New Yorker like that Every day I wake up to the sound of a little boy saying “mom, mom, mom. Are you awake.” Groggily I get up and go heat some milk up for him and […]
Bomba Y Plena: Dancing Whimsy at a Leadership Development and Training Event I grew up in the South Bronx in a fairly predominant Puerto Rican neighborhood. We would do parrandas (a version of caroling) around the Christmas holidays and drink coquitos. However, it was not until I went […]
Risky Business for this Girl born in the Year of the Rat There is an old Seinfeld television episode where three of the main characters talk about luck and how they consistently have a certain type of luck. One always has great luck, the other always bad and […]
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