by staff | Sep 7, 2023 | Living and Learning
I have been a fan of motivational quotes for years and have used a lot of them professionally in my writing and public speaking careers. As it turns out, The Today Show’s Hoda Kotb is another lover of aphorisms. She started posting them on Instagram in 2013 and...
by staff | Aug 3, 2023 | Living and Learning
I got a new car! Moving up from a 2011 compact SUV to a 2023 model has been exciting! I had no idea vehicles had changed so much. Among other things, my new car has a backup camera. It has blind spot monitors. It has sensors that let me know if I wiggle out of my lane...
by staff | Jul 6, 2023 | Living and Learning
In spite of running a war-torn country, there is one way in which Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s life is easier than mine: He does not have to stand in his closet and figure out an outfit to wear each day. Instead, he dons his olive-green sweatshirt with a Ukrainian trident on...
by staff | Jun 1, 2023 | Living and Learning
An open letter to my adult kids: I saw a funny post online that made me think of you and your stage of life. It said: Eat. Sleep. Take the kids to sports. Repeat. Since not all ten of the grandkids are sports fanatics, I use “sports” as shorthand for all...
by staff | May 4, 2023 | Living and Learning
By Lorie Kleiner Eckert Let me tell you about my recent trip to Morocco. No, not about the things that I saw -– amazing as they were –- but about what I was thinking during my travels. There were thoughts about leaving the U.S. in the aftermath of Covid. Thoughts on...
by articles | Apr 6, 2023 | Living and Learning
By Lorie Kleiner Eckert Bill Nighy, the British actor guy, is ubiquitous in his career. We can find him on the big screen, on TV, on stage, and on radio. We can hear his voice in animated kids’ films, in video games, in TV commercials, and in audio books. We can...
