As part of my work in non-profit and now philanthropic communications over the past 20 (girl!) years, I've learned how to message various ways. "Who's your audience?" is a cliché but reliable question to anyone coming to you for comms support. Part of learning
Hello from the Chicago Athletic Club where I find myself on another brief work trip which has me within eyesight of the The Art Institute while only here for the days it's closed. I've had a little time to myself, though, and that's been
I write to you from the wilds of Metro Detroit where the girls and I have been spending a week clearing through my belongings at my mother's. It's been fun and it's been emotional. I've reviewed almost every picture taken of/by
What can I say except it's been an intense several weeks? Work has been very busy for...reasons. This obviously isn't the venue for me to discuss any of this in-depth but suffice to say many things needed to be handled while we were simultaneously gathering
I like to think of this newsletter as at-will but the reality is I feel a fair amount of self-loathing when I miss a week without notice. I've been thinking about you is what I'm trying to say. In My Year of Diagnoses, this month we
Hey y'all. It's been a busy week so, in addition to sending this late, I'm keeping things short and sweet. Watching, Reading, Listening I finished the third season of Bridgerton and was pretty satisfied. Did I fast-forward through Benedict's three-ways? Yes. I
Last week Bette and I kind of unexpectedly headed to Michigan to help my mom through a minor procedure. It went well and she did great. Bette got some quality time with Kristi, Naomi and their son. They took her to a family Pride festival a few blocks from the
Bonjour and hello from my brief visit to Brooklyn before I jet off to help my mother through an unexpected (and, fingers crossed, relatively minor) medical procedure. As Bette said, I am always going off and leaving her. Between my first work trip in a while to Chicago and my
Je suis à Montréal. Je te verrai la semaine prochaine!
I'm kind of lost for words after seeing the images out of Rafah over the last several days so I'm letting others speak for me this week. Mohammad: “The situation is tragic. You have 20 people in the tent, with no clean water, no electricity. We
Friends, I didn't mean to break my weekly streak but after a work trip to Chicago and a lot of catch up at work and home, I had no energy left. My return to work travel was very welcome but I will admit I was cursing myself for
I used to travel for work pretty regularly pre-pandemic as part of my job at Amnesty. Travel is the only thing I miss about that job. It's been very cool to be now working at a global foundation and to meet colleagues who've traveled to New