No, I will NOT give you back 2:16 minutes of your life. Why is it that you are completely compelled to watch some things, even if they have no relevance to your real life? If I had to make a list of things that are relevant to me it would …Read the Rest
Recently, my friend Jay Thompson removed his posts from ActiveRain. Since I respect him and try to follow (about a mile behind because I can’t keep up) in his footsteps, I read his reasons for this pretty carefully. I have …Read the Rest
I remember when people first started saying, “It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity. No. It’s not the heat OR the humidity – it was hearing that phrase over and over. I come from the generation that coined the term …Read the Rest
Yesterday was July 4. Most of the fireworks around here happened on July 3, but there were still bangs and whistles from (illegal in Massachusetts) fireworks in the area. One of our dogs has a phobia about thunder and lightning, …Read the Rest
I spend a good part of my life pulling myself up by my bootstraps, figuratively speaking. Some rare people seem to be able to lift their own spirits, but I am not one of them. I find that I need …Read the Rest
The suburban exodus… A predicted shift toward urban living is being reported by Realtor.com. Over the next decade… four demographic groups will fuel the housing market. He said older baby boomers increasingly are moving back to the central city, while younger …Read the Rest
I like this kind of positive thinking. The nature of life is such, I think, that if you live long enough you will experience both good and bad events. You can’t control all of the externals in your life – …Read the Rest
Happy graduation, Peter! Bromfield Class of 2010, Harvard, MA – w00t!!!
When I am too tired at night to work, and the kids are basically settled in, I usually read. When the first children were younger, I used to go to the book store and purchase second hand classics because I …Read the Rest
We are always looking for ways to help out, and here is a simple one. Pepsi’s “Good Idea” was created to fund projects created to benefit others. My friend Michael Gibbons has entered his project “Buttons of Hope” and we …Read the Rest
from my other blog I think that the story that follows is even more important today, especially since I am helping agents at Towne & Country, Realtors to find their way in New/Social media. Inevitably the question that all people …Read the Rest
I am sitting here listening to the spring peepers singing love songs to each other, tired. It was a really sweet day, one of those ones that you bookmark and keep coming back to over and over. Jenny opened her …Read the Rest
We have had a wet March. Apparently it is one of the wettest since they began recording rainfall amounts, and there has been quite a bit of flooding. On my way to pick up my daughter at school, I saw …Read the Rest
