I attended a retirement dinner last week. An honor. Not one person or even two, but three men honored on this night. My wife works for this company, one of the largest in the world. It is a place that people start a career and decide to stay. These retirees reached 34, 34, and 35... Continue Reading →
Let There Be Light
An ancient phrase with metaphorical meaning of spreading knowledge and dispelling ignorance. Today is a day to think of that light, a light inside each of us. May we think of it tomorrow as well. Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us of that light and more. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.... Continue Reading →
Footing, Focus and Fifty
I am back. I stepped away for a few weeks with no intent to write any blog posts. I briefly escaped the winds of change at the office to walk into the face of a cold wind welcoming my son to Boston and his new college life. I am proud of my son to leave one... Continue Reading →
I Am Scrooge
One of my family's Christmas traditions is attending the stage play of A Christmas Carol each year. We have a terrific regional theater that rivals anything I have seen in the big city. After years of watching the same production, something was different this year. With a new actor playing Ebenezer Scrooge I found myself... Continue Reading →
Thoughts From the Week … Where We Sit
Thoughts from the past week ... Back on the bike this week commuting to work. Not even 30 degrees as I left the house each day, but I firmly believe in the line, "there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad equipment." Well I did test that this week and learned a new... Continue Reading →
Sound of the Soul Dancing
Laughter. Heard from far down the hallway and as close as the office next door. Even in times of high work-volume and daily stress, there was laughter. At times almost too loud, sustained and well ... we had to ask people to tone it down. "People, tone down the laughter". I wish for that to... Continue Reading →