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May.27.2013
My mom was the impetus behind A.v.A.—my weed-smoking boyfriend--coming to live with us. The year was 1987—I was eighteen--and A.v.A. was an injured bird—motherless, practically fatherless, and a senior in high school—so, when his dad finally went MIA, my mom dove into action so as to prevent...
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May.15.2013
Rivka’s War Marilyn Oser Sitting in a circle you can see what is happening in the world right in front of you. In back of you is what is still to come. Off to the left you might see what is about to happen and to the right what you hope or dread never would. As Rivka and her family see the world...
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Jul.01.2012
Many of us struggle with the issue of religion, and in particular the evidence for or against the existence of a god, or indeed, a glowing afterlife. This topic is one I myself have wrangled with for years (and years, and years). To that end I share with you my own ‘spiritual...
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Apr.21.2012
People often tell me that I’m brave because I moved to Istanbul. Last time I was on vacation I had another of those conversations but this time, surprisingly, the person telling me I was brave was someone who had done the same thing: moved her life from America to Turkey.
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Feb.09.2012
A quick shout out to Rosanne Dingli, who brought up the topic of writers' virtues in a recent blog. (Her blog is interesting; go there.) This started a conversation with someone about specifically which five virtues were mandatory for every successful writer. We disagreed about...
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Nov.23.2011
"If we filled the day with bravery, we should not shrink from celebrating it."
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May.18.2011
Leadership, to me, comes from an understanding of one's self and the willingness to commit to a goal.
It is the ability to take a group or an organization in a direction that the group agrees it needs and wants to go, with a vision that is created with input from everyone who has a stake in the...
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Mar.29.2011
In a recent conversation with my hubby, as always The Master comes through with words of wisdom that pour from my mouth and I am left to ponder them for sometime afterwards. These pearls of wisdom are usually accompanied by clues from outside sources and this was no exception.
I was talking to Jon...
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Jan.28.2011
A tony university will naturally have its eyes on the swish. Yet, there is something unnerving about a case study at Harvard Business School on the role of the employees at the five-star Taj Hotel during the Mumbai attacks of November 26, 2008.
The multimedia case study ‘Terror at Taj Bombay...
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Apr.06.2010
April 6
Fearing Fearlessness
How many times have I given the credit to night blind fear, credit due the brave persistent child? How many times have I blamed the willing diligent pursuer when the fault was the backstabbing delay of mistrust? I resist the onset of freedom. Fear was my oldest...
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