When I was a kid, sharing dessert, I used to hear “let me have the smaller half” or “I’ll take the little half” and typically, it meant there was a pie or a piece of cake and it was enough for two, but somehow, all math concepts to the… Read full post »

New York City is surrounded by water.  There are rivers, causeways, estuaries, ponds, streams, and a really big ocean lapping at the front door.  And there are loads of professional gardeners who tend to the parks and the walkways and the gardens.  This is why, on any given summer day,… Read full post »

My mother always said, if you want to get out of a social engagement, just say you are busy.  It wasn't really lying and that was sufficient.  You could be busy and that was not only an acceptable counter activity, it was acceptable period.  It was OK to be busy.

I… Read full post »