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Once Upon a Time There Were Only Two

I’m in my first year of graduate school. The professor is leading a discussion on the correlation between medical/psychiatric diagnosis, race and ethnicity. There are two black students in the class. Neither speaks. I am puzzled and disappointed. After class I ask the professor about this dynamic, and hear for the first time ... Read more »

NOW Leadership – The Brrrrr Edition

Flummoxed. Befuddled. Speechless.

Why?

What words of introduction could do justice to this collection of entertaining intelligent and thought provoking contributions that include:

• Aubrey Hepburn and the Pied Piper on film
• Sexy Frenchmen ironing clothes while wearing none
• The music of Edith Piaf
• Tom Peters reading aloud
• The man behind the woman behind the man behind the woman named Dietrich
• and more

So please without further ado grab your ... Read more »

Space in the Nest for Blueberry Bushes – Emptying the Nest Part 2

After dropping our son at college, we drove away in an aimless fog.  The trip had been carefully planed through this point – then no plan, just the road ahead and the still silence in the car.  Tears. 

We drove for hours and stopped when we were tired and hungry, slept, got up and drove to Chautauqua Institution in NY.  I could ... Read more »