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The Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA is a gorgeous stretch of outdoor restaurants, bars, and shops. On beautiful days (which are most every day), the outside seating at the restaurants, flanked by the idyllic fountains, proves a tranquil…
Most people work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it’s leaning against the wrong wall. —Stephen Covey My short-lived “career” in Hollywood was punctuated by far more lowlights than highlights. But I did have…
If you spend enough time on social media, it is impossible to escape unscathed. Sooner or later (usually sooner!), someone will attack you for your opinion, beliefs, or expressions. It’s just part of the dance. And it is always intriguing…
Pigs are flying. Hell is freezing over. And the personnel at airports these days are incredibly friendly and helpful. The world really is upside down. As mentioned in last week’s blog (“23 Hours of Rain”), I flew down to Florida…
I made a stealth trip down to Florida this week to pack up my parent’s stuff and deliver them safely back home to New Hampshire. No Mickey Mouse ears or Hawaiian shirts in the age of the pandemic. This was…
Lawdy, Lawdy! As we head deep into the Spring, the days sure are getting longer. Working from home. Layoffs. E-learning. Stock market upheaval. Toilet paper shortages. Graduation cancellations. Sports season cancellations. Dreams put on hold. We’ve endured it all as…
Many years ago, when we first moved into our house, the projects piled up like snow in a blizzard. We had to clear trees from the backyard, redo the basement ceiling, sand the floors, and perform countless other home improvements…
There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is ever spoken. –Fyodor Dostoevsky He was jarringly out of place. An octogenarian man with a walker, shuffling up to the register at the…
There is a way out of every box. It’s just a matter finding it. –Jean-luc Piccard We are right in the middle of the 50th birthday party circuit and it has been a glorious run so far. What a great…
You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. –Zig Ziglar My time spent in Hollywood will go down on paper as a failure. I wanted to succeed in the movie business. I wanted to write screenplays, produce, and generally thrive…