A Consultant’s Calling
We all know how much hard work is involved in coaching, so when Matt Kolbusa made a trip from Hamburg to spend a couple of days with me we buckled down for tough times. My wife caught us in mid-work
Shameless Flambé
I took the current Shameless Promotion group to Capriccio's in Providence last night, where Gino flambéd everything in sight for them. Photo by Michelle Randall
The Birds
We never have these blackbirds at our feeders, but the snows drove them over to us. You can tell who the leader is, because he's the one who leads them back from the trees to the food. We believe he's
Weathering the Storm: 2
When it looks like this outside, and you normally dine out seven days a week with the exception of Christmas: You open the "saved for a blizzard" bottle of Opus, and the lovely Maria, home economist, makes spaghetti with tuna, a
Weathering the Storms
This was one of the worst blizzards in history in the Northeastern US. As communications improve, we become smarter in terms of handling these storms IF we allow ourselves to do so. My observations: • We need to stop talking about
Winter White
We've had the heaviest snowfall in our 29 years in Rhode Island, about 20 inches on our property. Our generator is powering the house, and about half the population of the state is without commercial power. Buddy Beagle skips around like
Latest Project
Here's a Tiger I German tank from World War II which I've been working on for the past month.
Renovations
As we're undergoing renovations and we're emptying out abandoned storage areas, we've found treasure troves of stuff. I thought you might enjoy these: This is 1976, Williamsburg, VA, at a company meeting where the entire consulting firm had to perform in
Radio Waves
What you see below is an Emerson 8-transistor radio from about 1965. We unearthed it as we sorted through a mountain of stuff that had to be moved as our master bedroom and bath are being completely rebuilt. I bought
Koufax Continues As An Icon
This is a huge blowup of a photo that hung in the Rhode Island School of Design, during an exhibition called "Going To The Dogs." The photographer who took it has it on the wall of her business to demonstrate