Mark Insull was one of my favorite people. I suspect he was a favorite for many others, too. To know him, was to love him. His good looks (that included a luxuriant head of hair), a very proper British accent, and his simply daffy sense of humor were simply irresistible to anyone who came into […]

I like and appreciate it when someone tells me “Happy Birthday.” It doesn’t matter how it’s done either. Card, call, text, or social media. As the kids say, “It’s all good!” So for those of you who told me this (or any) year, “Happy Birthday!” Thank You! I loved hearing from you, and I appreciated […]

I thought I would share another parenting experience, where I was the bad guy, again, in the hope YOU can avoid it. For many of us, we have academic hopes for our kids., The standardized tests (SAT & ACT) loom large in the matrix of requirements to make it into most universities. I think we were […]

This year we decided, for the first time as a family, to spend Christmas away from home. Maybe because we had some nostalgia for bringing Riley to Disneyland during the holidays before, we thought it a good idea to go there again this year. It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been there, and we’ve never […]

With Thanksgiving upon us, I wanted to share a straightforward concept that can improve your happiness quotient both at home and at work. This is the idea of developing the skill of pausing to find gratitude in what you have going on in your life, right now! You can easily develop this awareness by making a […]