Mad Men

March 26th, 2012
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The season premiere of “Mad Men” airs tonight and I can hardly wait.  It is my favorite television show and I am very curious to see where creator Matthew Weiner takes the fabulous characters who work at the New York City ad agency of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.

Watching “Mad Men” is like opening up a time capsule and immersing yourself in all of the sophistication, controversy and change of the 1960’s.

The writing is suberb and from the moment you step in to the offices of Sterling Cooper you know you are in for a great time of it.  … Read More

Michele Woodward — Managing Change

March 23rd, 2012
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Michele Woodward I’m always on the look out for people who have positive insights about life and its many surprises.  An office friend told me about Michele Woodward and how she is a fantastic life coach.  I read her blog (www.michelewoodward.com) and have found that she almost always presents a fresh perspective on how to get out there and do whatever it is I need or want to do. Michele doesn’t just talk the talk.  She has also walked the walk.  She is a divorced mother of two teenaged children, so her down-to-earth advice is not clean and dry theory;… Read More

Bobbi Kristina

March 22nd, 2012
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ABC News If there is one thing I have learned during my personal experience with grieving, it is that we all grieve differently. Each of us has our own path that we follow in the healing process and it takes different amounts of time for each of us to work through and find out what we are comfortable doing and saying when we are trying to adjust to the loss of a loved one. I remember asking myself how I was going to live through this pain, how was I going to get over my loss and what the hell… Read More

Let’s Get Physical

March 20th, 2012
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Steps behind the Lincoln Memorial A healthy mind needs a healthy body. Or is it a healthy body needs a healthy mind? Anywho, this past weekend was one great big package of fabulous weather so I took the ole bod out for some much needed exercise and it was great!  Any kind of exercise is always good but sometimes it’s hard for me to find the time.  But when I do make time for it, I always feel thankful that I did. In the beginning, I felt a bit like the tin man in “The Wizard of Oz,” trying to… Read More

Irish Power

March 17th, 2012
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The coast of Ireland I love a day dedicated to the celebration of all things Irish!  St. Patrick’s day is definitely all about having a grand time but there’s a lot more to being Irish than hanging out in a bar and drinking green beer, downing pints of Guinness and slamming whiskey shots. To me, it’s also a day to pause, think about my peeps and take pride in my culture.  It’s a culture rich in its ancient history and magical in its talents.  We are story tellers, dancers, weavers of thoughts and ideas and a people who have a… Read More

Irish Soda Bread

March 16th, 2012
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Hi My Faithful Readers, I am going in a different direction today and I hope you are okay with it… Whether you’re cooking corned beef, cabbage and potatoes der boy or you’re stewing some beef and Guinness, a freshly baked loaf of Irish Soda bread will lend a touch of the old country to your St. Patrick’s Day celebration. I grew up in a large family of six children and we ate A LOT of Irish soda bread.  My favorite way to eat soda bread is when it’s still warm from the oven with lots of orange marmalade spread on… Read More

Life 101

March 15th, 2012
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Thank you The Silver Pen (www.thesilverpen.com) for posting the following wisdom  about life its’ own wonderful self:… Read More

Paying Respects @WTC

March 14th, 2012
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On a bright and beautiful Sunday morning this past weekend in New York City, I finally had an opportunity to visit the memorial site for the World Trade Center. With my brother, sister-in-law and their 12-year-old daughter, we took a taxi to the 8-acre site in lower Manhattan where the infamous Twin Towers once stood.  The site is deceiving because construction fences surround the area and you can’t see the two black stone squares containing the waterfalls or even hear the waterfalls from the road.  It just looks like a regular construction site. Getting to the memorial site is a… Read More

Emotional Spring Cleaning

March 9th, 2012
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I’m so happy that Spring is almost here!  I’ve already seen some cherry blossom buds tenderly opening and bursts of happy yellow and white daffodils in bloom around my neighborhood.  What a welcome sign that winter is finally coming to an end!  Part of my routine to get ready for this new and warmer season is cleaning the house and getting rid of items I no longer use or want. I take it as a healthy sign that every year as I open the windows, clean and change the house for warmer weather, I’m able to part with more things… Read More