Let Today Bring Justice I am not writing this to rile up any followers or readers I have. I do not want to argue. I am, quite actually, tired of arguing. I prefer people over politics and I think that is my biggest issue with #45. How can you lead…

And May Be Surprised To Learn Well, I guess my biggest problem is that I am pretty much an open book. I am pretty transparent. This probably means I way over-share. And, I am pretty sure that there is nothing that I consider out-of-bounds. To top it all off, most…

Flat tops, Blow jobs, Piggy Backs, and Doggy Bags Sometimes our lives intersect. By this, I don’t mean the lives of various people connect or intertwine. I mean the various roles we play in our own day to day life sometimes connect and spark ideas or reveal information about another…

To Find or Not To Find The most beautiful section of any business or public space is the lost and found. Often a worthless cardboard box tucked under a counter, tattered from over-use and time, it houses stories. Together in this box, the items create a virtual treasure trove or…

Cures All. This morning I woke up to very little snow in Massachusetts despite days upon days of warnings and a couple days of sleety rain. We are at that stage in the winter when we’ve all had enough. The clocks have changed back and the mornings are dark again. …

Things That Should Be Said Out Loud Here in New England, we are experiencing some terrible weather today. And as only New Englanders know, we are straddling the abyss of where you are not quite sure exactly what will happen. At any moment, the wind could change and the temperature…

Responding to Anne Lamott — Dear Ms. Lamott, I must confess I have owned your book for decades. I have owned several copies. I have given it to friends as gifts. I have opened it and read a page or two here and there but I never sat down to read it cover to cover…

I hope it’s not my last. My father built a life based on love and laughter. He did both, hard. He instilled in us the ability to find humor in any situation. This was his legacy and it has served us well. He taught us to laugh at ourselves. He…

International Women’s Day — I worked in the restaurant industry for 27 years. I didn’t work in any old restaurant. I worked in America’s oldest restaurant situated on Boston’s Freedom Trail. It was a hub where history met the modern day, where families and tourists and politicians and famous people rubbed elbows whether they…