Category: Love

Losing Weight

It so hap­pens that I’m par­tic­i­pat­ing in Weight Watch­ers these days. So far I have lost about 26 pounds, and intend to lose more. I attend the meet­ings with my wife every Sat­ur­day morn­ing. When we first start­ed attend­ing, I thought I would be bored.  I have been any­thing but. What I have been fas­ci­nat­ed by… Con­tin­ue read­ing Los­ing Weight

Wedding

I have been off-line for the last month and some. I got mar­ried on Sep­tem­ber 13th.  The pre­ced­ing days had been filled with intense, some­times fran­tic prepa­ra­tions, a big fam­i­ly pic­nic and a Cuban style pig roast. Time passed in a blink, and sud­den­ly Car­men and I were tak­ing our vows — at dusk at a… Con­tin­ue read­ing Wed­ding

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The Problem With “Touchy-Feely”

There is no term that com­mu­ni­cates quite so much irrev­o­ca­ble dis­missal by man­agers in the busi­ness world than label­ing an action or activ­i­ty, “touchy-feely.” It is the most preva­lent way of dis­card­ing infor­ma­tion about peo­ple. The term sug­gests all those real­ly icky “hygiene” demands of employ­ees, deal­ing with the stuff of rela­tion­ships in the work­place… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Prob­lem With “Touchy-Feely”

In Memoriam: My Father

My father died last Sat­ur­day at the age of 96. He had been cop­ing with a series of small strokes that affect­ed his hand move­ments, hear­ing, and speak­ing. He had been a mas­ter car­pen­ter most of his life, so his sens­es and eye/hand coor­di­na­tion were his most fun­da­men­tal tools. The loss­es had added up a… Con­tin­ue read­ing In Memo­ri­am: My Father

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