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A Second Look at My Second ACT

By Susan RoAne Whoever said that there are no second acts was highly mistaken. So many of us have had two and three successful careers, myself included. My first was that very traditional, formerly highly respected and definitely NOT overpaid —profession of teaching. You may have heard the old saw about teaching, “You always have […]

Relationships Rock…and Rule™

Long Range Views Require Patience The Wall Street Journal featured an event sponsored by Cartier Jewelers in Beverly Hills. The invited guests were the super-wealthy. The vice president business development, Carl Adams, brought in the assistant curator for Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute to speak to the guests. What caught my eye in the article […]

How To Create Your Own “Luck”

With a Little Bit of  Blooming (Good) Luck and an Apology to Lerner and Loewe St.Patrick’s Day is my favorite holiday full of stories, humor, spirit and LUCK. In Chicago, Mayor Daley The First turned the Chicago River green. The practice continues. My mother, who learned the Irish jig in her hometown of Toronto, taught […]

ONE Doesn’t Have To Be The “LONELINESS” NUMBER

After chatting with a lovely, older widower at the next table at one of our local restaurants, my friend mentioned to me that she had met him the day before at another local breakfast cafe where he also dined alone. After our chat, she said she thought he was lonely. But one doesn’t have to […]