Cookie Russo (left) and I met at Camp Chinqueka as young girls--eight and ten. We were drawn to each other back then and re-united when Cookie found me at Mount Holyoke College where she entered a year after me. Our friendship re-ignited living in the same dorm and...
Integrity - The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness. That was the first word that sprang to mind when I received an email this morning from 341 Studios announcing their new logo and website. They've done a terrific job of showing off...
Years ago I had an intern come and work for me from my alma mater, Mount Holyoke College, during the January term when the campus shut down. Rachel Atkinson was an art major and came daily to my studio to help me with my creative projects. Because her father owned...
I'm so proud of my dear friend, colleague and organizing professional Betsy Krobot. Her image is featured on the front page of the current Fairfield County Business Journal with an in-depth article about her business. Besides being headline news and having her...
No, the woman in this picture is not Rhonda Smith. This cigar-smoking Cuban native* is just one of the images Rhonda captured on her recent trip to that Caribbean island to re-awaken her creative juices as a photojournalist. Rhonda is one courageous woman. We first...
Joan has been one of my role models since I met her at the Entrepreneurial Woman's Network nearly 20 years ago. Then, she was fresh out of having created the Children's Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and had formed her own company, WJ Fantasy,...
The subject line of the email dated 1/2/10 read: OH MY GOD...I JUST GOT A LETTER THAT I THOUGHT WAS FROM YOU... and it was from Erica Green, a client who has become a dear friend. In many of my Mastermind and Transitions groups, I have the participants write a...
I've had the good fortune to be in the capable hands of Pauline Sasaki for over 20 years. She is a healing practitioner. Initially I went to her for shiatsu treatments for my aching back. Her technique has grown and changed over the decades we've been working...
I spent the last three days going in and out of New York City for visits with family, attending theatre and shopping. Living only 50 miles from my favorite metropolis makes it an easy commute. Besides having wonderful times during my scheduled activities, I came...
I knew I couldn't pack one more thing into my day Wednesday, so I pulled out a notecard to let interior designer Olga Adler know that as much as I'd love to see her holiday table arrangements at Juliska's flagship store in Stamford, I was going to have to miss it....
The Artsy Girls met last night at the home of Cynthia Steckel, aka Cynthia Victor, author extraordinaire. In addition to the joy of being in each others' company and hearing what great feats these creative women are up to (book contracts, new showrooms opening...
I took a wonderful aqua strengthening class this morning and was impressed by the instructor's positive attitude. Here we were: eight women in a pool, not world class athletes he may also have the privilege of training. I've attended this class only on an annual...
Last night over a 100 women came to the Fairfield Museum to be a part of Erica Green's dream event--The Big Connect. Erica shared her idea with me a year ago over lunch at Bloodroot (my favorite vegetarian restaurant). What's so great about her concept is that you...
Linda Ross and I walk at Compo Beach every Tuesday morning at 6:30am. With the recent time change the scenery has shifted. We're hitting the shore now just as the sun is coming up. As we rounded the bend yesterday on the Oenoke Park section of our course, we...
Maybe it was the time change or the endlessly rainy weather, but I woke up yesterday morning with a large chip on my shoulder. I'm in a certification program for team and systems coaching and facing the me I frequently become when I'm new at something. I believe I...
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