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Have you noticed the bracketing effect? There was a time when my Nieces and Nephews called me just plain “Annette.” Then they began calling me “Aunt Annette” (or “Aunt Pop,” as in Poppins, or other arcane, family favorites). And then one day, when my oldest nephew towered over me, I
Chapter 4: Should I Have Them Sign an NDA? With your customer-centric, value-adding idea in tow, you’re moving one step closer to starting your own business. It’s time to start building it, and yet you don’t want anyone to steal your idea along the way. No offense ? but I think
The New York Public Library for The Performing Arts is currently host to a small, gem of an exhibition featuring the art/design of nonagenarian artist, Hilary Knight. Those of you aware only of Knight’s most iconic creation, the irrepressible Eloise (authored by Kay Thompson, illustrated by Knight) should treat yourselves
Last month, April the Giraffe gave birth to a baby boy named Tajiri, meaning HOPE in Swahilli. The gestation period lasted sixteen months. April was pregnant since 2015. That sounds like an eternity. I think of April because waiting for a house to be sold can also feel interminable. Much
All Capital Letters are considered rude. But the headline for this Sunday’s walk together might sound similarly cross or dictatorial. Let that just underscore the difficulty of finding a brief few words to capture the topic suggested for our conversation by the past week’s events. Take it that this observer
On December 14, 2012, twenty year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children between six and seven years old and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Someone flipped the PA switch at the time. Everyone heard what was happening. Lanza then committed suicide. How do
I have never been wetter…. nor had less reason to regret being in that condition. I paused just long enough from rushing to the laptop to take up our conversation, to observe that the trip to have a second conversation with Richard Moore of Children in Crossfire had left a
Mario Boselli was a successful businessman who expanded his family-run silk business into overseas markets. In 1973, he incorporated techniques from the ancient silk tradition, from the knotted fabrics up to the finished garments. His companies operate in Italy and in Slovak Republic. From 1999 to 2015 he served as
Have you noticed the bracketing effect? There was a time when my Nieces and Nephews called me just plain “Annette.” Then they began calling me “Aunt Annette” (or “Aunt Pop,” as in Poppins, or other arcane, family favorites). And then one day, when my oldest nephew towered over me, I noticed that he dropped the “Aunt,” and I didn’t argue the point. But I didn’t ask him why, and so I’m left wondering. I have
Chapter 4: Should I Have Them Sign an NDA? With your customer-centric, value-adding idea in tow, you’re moving one step closer to starting your own business. It’s time to start building it, and yet you don’t want anyone to steal your idea along the way. No offense ? but I think it’s fair to say nobody will. Here’s my take on NDAs, and let me be upfront about this: I’m not a lawyer. The first thing
The New York Public Library for The Performing Arts is currently host to a small, gem of an exhibition featuring the art/design of nonagenarian artist, Hilary Knight. Those of you aware only of Knight’s most iconic creation, the irrepressible Eloise (authored by Kay Thompson, illustrated by Knight) should treat yourselves to this glimpse into his utterly stylish and inventive world. Meticulously designed and constructed by the honoree himself, the show unfortunately lacks documentation. I recommend
Last month, April the Giraffe gave birth to a baby boy named Tajiri, meaning HOPE in Swahilli. The gestation period lasted sixteen months. April was pregnant since 2015. That sounds like an eternity. I think of April because waiting for a house to be sold can also feel interminable. Much uncertainty, much to maintain, and, honestly, much anxiety. A chicken egg hatches in 21 days, a duck egg in 28 days and a swan egg
All Capital Letters are considered rude. But the headline for this Sunday’s walk together might sound similarly cross or dictatorial. Let that just underscore the difficulty of finding a brief few words to capture the topic suggested for our conversation by the past week’s events. Take it that this observer of Street Seens has lately been a sort of semi-shut-in continuing the daunting task of liberating her home from the tyranny of papers and all
On December 14, 2012, twenty year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children between six and seven years old and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Someone flipped the PA switch at the time. Everyone heard what was happening. Lanza then committed suicide. How do wails of local community rise above the cacophony of international human need? How does one begin to offer more than temporary balm? “The country is
I have never been wetter…. nor had less reason to regret being in that condition. I paused just long enough from rushing to the laptop to take up our conversation, to observe that the trip to have a second conversation with Richard Moore of Children in Crossfire had left a down coat famed for its lightness, weighing in at about 10 sodden pounds. Richard Moore with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama (Center and Left) His
Mario Boselli was a successful businessman who expanded his family-run silk business into overseas markets. In 1973, he incorporated techniques from the ancient silk tradition, from the knotted fabrics up to the finished garments. His companies operate in Italy and in Slovak Republic. From 1999 to 2015 he served as president of the Italian Chamber of Fashion, supporting new talents in the industry. Boselli holds many other positions: chairman of Centrobanca, of the Cariplo Staff
