I last night dropped off at the airport our oldest child, who will be in France for a school-sponsored language immersion program. Each student will live with a French family, take summer classes at the local university, and enjoy the local sights and culture (one stop will be Mont Saint-Michel, in the photo up top).
Category: Personal
D-Day and Innovation
A continent enslaved. The fates of nations in the hands of those in their late teen years or early-20s. A disastrous landing on the Normandy beaches for the Americans. You read often about how D-Day was the beginning of Europe’s liberation. But, it wasn’t smooth sailing by any means. For months, Allied forces were barely
Biking Across Italy
A couple wed for one year decides to travel to N. Italy for two months–and, blog about it. My friend James Cooke has done just that. If you at all like food, wine and stories about small villages, Tuscan farmhouses, and pasta, then his trip is amazing. Just before graduating from business school, my wife
Going on ‘Offense’ in Your Life
A couple of conversations this week made me think about living “a life of offense.” In one example, a friend is finally thinking about leaving a job to pursue something better. In another case, another friend is getting more comfortable taking on risk, both in personal and work situations. Both are leaning forward. Before, both
From Sports Illustrated’s Peter King
Sports Illustrated writer Peter King recently pushed out a new article on “The Monday Morning Quarterback.” He led it off with a comment about Memorial Day, of which I show a screen shot below. On this Memorial Day, I think it says it all. I’ll stop here:
Our Memorial Day Weekend
It’s Memorial Day Weekend. For me, it is one of my favorite family holidays. It’s a time of near-closure and the beginning of summer. Our older children are about to start final exams, and our younger ones are nearly done with school, too. Our oldest child will be going for a month to France and is