Monthly Archives: May 2012

Slightly more than 14 years ago—March 16, 1998, to be exact—a young flaxen-haired beauty and I rode the tramway to the top of a mountain in Palm Springs, California. We walked out into a sunny snowfield in a clearing in … Continue reading →

I wish I had met Walter “Smokey” Gordon, one of the original Band of Brothers. He died on April 19, 1997 at age 76. His life story, as remembered by his children, is recorded in my book, A Company of … Continue reading →

What follows are a few carefully chosen thoughts about advice—both giving and receiving it. The context is parenting, and if you’re not a parent, just substitute for parenting whatever category of life you’ve sought advice for recently—business, marriage, book marketing, … Continue reading →