March 1, 2023
A New Writing Horizon
One of the great things about writing is that I am often inspired by events that happen in a normal day. With my most recent freelance assignment, I was able to write about several home improvement projects Bill and I have undertaken at our vacation home for Conde Nast’s Architectural Digest vertical, AD It Yourself (ADIY). Architectural Digest, which rebranded as AD in 2017,
November 4, 2022
Catching Up
There is something about the turn of the calendar to a fresh month that feels invigorating. October to November is one of those moments, when this feeling of ‘I must write a blog post’ seems to take hold. This post serves as a brief catch-up for all my faithful readers. It’s been a bit of an up and down year
August 4, 2022
Remembering a Favorite Teacher
Like my mother, I am an inveterate obituary scanner. While I am not the everyday checker that she was, I do open the obits screen of my hometown newspaper every few weeks and scroll through. From observing Mom over the years, I know that If she caught a name that sounded vaguely familiar, she would say, ‘so and so knew
November 18, 2021
A Collage of Tennis Racquets Keeps Fun Sports Memories Close
Old sports equipment had a very long shelf life in my childhood home. Tennis racquets, footballs, golf clubs and field hockey sticks stuck around way past their usable phase. When I think of all that gear, I am reminded of our family’s younger years, when Mom was calling us for dinner, and we were exhausted from running around in the
September 7, 2021
Writing – My Gateway to Lifelong Learning
For the past year-and-a-half, I’ve been freelance writing for a couple of clients and have found, once again, that I love to work. The opportunity to learn about accomplished, involved and interesting people, or events, organization and topics, and then write about them, continues to expand my lifelong learning curve. Recently, I’ve mostly written profiles and feature articles for Naples