This week I get to combine a business with a little pleasure. With the boys at camp and a meeting in San Francisco, the stars fell into alignment and Dave is able to meet me out in California for a little jaunt to Napa. It has been quite some time since just the two of [...]
Yesterday I flew out to San Francisco for a business/pleasure trip. It had been awhile since I had flown anywhere on a Monday morning. Dave suggested that I arrive at the airport a little earlier than my usual “one hour before boarding” routine. I humored him and agreed to give myself another 15 minutes. Because [...]
As further evidence that we are truly crazy parents, Dave and I will travel to Kunkletown, PA this Sunday to pluck Noah from sleep away camp for about 18 hours so he can compete in the semi-final round of Delco Idol Jr. back here at home. Despite his initial ambivalence towards the competition, Noah has [...]
I rarely get writer’s block but last night I typed words for over 90 minutes with nothing to show for it. I called it a night around 11:00 p.m. and went to bed cranky, which made Dave really happy as it was the first night we were home without the boys who went to camp [...]
Today’s post comes to you courtesy of The Philadelphia Inquirer who was kind enough yesterday to publish a piece I wrote about my ongoing struggle with “going green.” I’ve received a number of emails criticizing my position but I’m not surprised. Green behavior is a polarizing issue and probably should be included in that list [...]
Every ten days or so I ask Dave the same question I posed last evening: “Have you spoken to your parents lately?” His responses vary from “Yes, I talked to them yesterday and didn’t bother to tell you” to “I should probably call them, huh?” When it’s the latter, I will give him a look [...]
Late last week I received an email regarding some serious litigation proceedings in which I am apparently involved. It seems I have been wronged in such an egregious manner that a class action suit has been brought – and settled – on my behalf. How lucky am I that the attorneys at KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. [...]
On the Friday before the July 4th weekend, I was invited to appear on JuJu Chang’s show “Mom’s Get Real” which airs on the cable channel ABC News Now and on the web. I have appeared on the show before, but remotely so I was glad to have a chance to join the gang in [...]
If you are my Facebook friend or follow me on Twitter, you know that I have been struck down with a raging case of stage parentitis this week, basking in the after glow of Noah’s Delco Idol Jr. performance on Sunday night. I have lost complete control of my emotions and, in some cases, my [...]
I wrote the following article for The Philadelphia Inquirer in May 2005: Wisdom focused by illness; A former boss stricken with ALS sticks to what matters. The name on his office door said “Anthony Potts” but everyone at the bank knew him as Rusty. He was tall and athletic with red hair and freckles, so [...]
