I like the exercise of goal setting at the beginning of each year.  I am far from a stickler for grand goal details and tracking, but I always find that just the process helps me focus.  I don’t really like the idea of “resolutions”.  I think goals are different.  

      Today is the day we celebrate the Reverend Martin Luther King’s birthday. As you all probably know Dr. King was assassinated in 1968.  During his lifetime, Dr.

We were clearing a wall unit in Marisa’s (former) room when I found my original glove (baseball mitt) and subject of a blog or two; it has been missing for sometime; I’d been using a newer glove that Marisa decided to use when she played. I thought that glove got lost several years ago.

Walking into a coffee shop in the Garden District in New Orleans yesterday, there was what looked like a manikan, colorfully dressed, sitting on a shoe shine chair. The manikin looked awfully real to me. I watched (him) carefully and saw that his chest was moving up and down.

What was the very best Holiday present you received last year? No question, mine was from granddaughter Maggie Klein.  It was Storyworth.  To learn more visit www.storyworth.com.   The concept is that every Monday I receive a question, eg, What was your first job?

The other morning, I heard a little piece on WNYC about clutter.It reminded me of a friend of my father who we visited in Tel Aviv many, many years ago. He was a local celebrity of some sort.What struck me most was the organized clutter in his apartment.

“M3gan,” a movie about a robot/doll playmate is a big winner at the box office.  The doll, known as Megan, was created by a genius Artificial Intelligence scientist.  Allison Williams, of “Girls” and “Nope” fame, plays the inventor of Megan beautifully.  

If you were to choose a local trip for four or five days, where would you go?