It’s pretty darned wonderful when a friend you’ve loved and admired for a lifetime receives accolades in her professional life, too. That’s been the case with my friend Jill Foucré the past couple of years – let me explain. After a 30-year career in health insurance, Jill did something she’d always dreamed of. Combining her […]
Just returned from a business trip to Boston for a conference and trade show. Stayed at a very nice, hipper than I am, but completely satisfying hotel. For yucks, I looked up reviews on Yelp after my stay. All I can say is: What is wrong with us? Among the Yelps from the whining, er, discriminating […]
Every week is a history lesson: Two writers in my memoir classes marched in Selma, a writer in one class was at Woodstock, and this one was at the 1963 MLK march in DC.
Seeing Eye dogs are so hip that they all get tattoos. That’s how they roll, dude. I’m sure you’re assuming that my four Seeing Eye dogs all opted for tattoos of hearts with the letters b-e-t-h inscribed inside. Wrong. My Seeing Eye dogs all had tattoos long before I met them. The Seeing Eye […]
Awhile back I wrote that I was starting an entry-level improv class at IO (formerly ImprovOlympic). Last Saturday I completed my eighth and final session. Of this go-round, anyway—I may take the next level later this year. It wasn’t what I’d expected, which seems completely logical, come to think of it. I—like probably a lot […]