Once again, Thanksgiving is upon us. For the last two years, I posted the blog below, which I believe is as relevant today as it was in the past. So, I would like to share it again. And.... again, I want to thank each of you for such a great [Read More]
(Spoiler alert: I had so much fun putting this together several years ago that I feel a reprint is in order !) No, that is not a misprint. It is the date that John Adams (in a letter to his wife Abigail, dated July 3, 1776) predicted would be the [Read More]
My husband and I had quite a scare last week: we thought we would have to say goodbye to Buddy, our 14-year-old male dog who has cancer. We found him collapsed out in the yard and thought the end had come. We took him to the emergency vet with the [Read More]
The Presidential election reminded me of mediation: in both, one can not rush the process. Any attempts to do result in failure. Approximately, 107 days ago, President Biden withdrew as the democratic nominee and suggested that Vice President Kamala Harris take his place. She had 107 days to convince the [Read More]
Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog about a New York Times article on apologizing and how to do so like you mean it. The article notes that an apology has to be carefully orchestrated and contain certain elements for it to be effective: express regret, explain but keep it [Read More]
Recently, I stumbled upon an article about women, fear and decision making. According to a recent study published in PLOS, these three concepts are related: … fear may affect women’s decisions in choosing immediate rewards versus larger delayed ones, while men’s decisions appear unaffected by emotion, …. (Science Daily at [Read More]
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone’s 2023 is full of joy, happiness, peace and prosperity…. and brings an end to this pandemic! Browsing the internet for inspiration, I came upon an article in Live Science concerning quantum physics entitled “Does reality exist when we’re not looking” by Paul Sutter. [Read More]
Last week, I posted a blog about the shortness of our working life and whether we really want to spend it embroiled in litigation. That post reminded me of a much earlier post (dated October 1, 2007) in which I looked at time in terms of seconds in a day [Read More]
