June is my favorite month.  6 on a Friday evening and it looks like there are hours of daylight left.  Idyllic. It occurred to me that there probably should have been norms for the book club at the outset.  But I am happy to admit that I am a neophyte at this, so I [...]

Good morning, I hope this finds you well.  In Connecticut, at least, the weather is fabulous.  And today is Day Two of not having to wake up at 5:30 am because the school bus arrives at 6:40, so I feel like I have a new lease on life.  Nevertheless, I was up early this [...]

Good evening, I hope you’re doing well.  I may be totally wrong, but I feel like readers are expecting an end of the year reflection, as almost everyone has just closed out school or is just about to.  But I say: bah, humbug.  It sticks in my craw to send out an end of [...]

Good evening, I hope this finds you well and enjoying the terrific weather. My plan, over the next few weeks, was to stick to the themes of equity and urgency.  But over the last few days, I have been in at least four conversations in which one or both of us have been in [...]

Sorry, I know it’s late, I hope you’re asleep! I was watching Fox News at the gym this morning, and the Eagles’ coach was being interviewed about the team’s disinvitation from the White House.  I was very interested in what the coach had to say about this, but unfortunately I did not have my [...]