I am truly blessed in my life in many ways – I have my health, a wonderful family, a passion for the work that I do and many, many awesome friends.  Standout among my wonderful group of friends however is my BFF – Mary.  Mary and I have been friends for, gulp, 37 years, well, since 7th grade. If my memory serves me correctly, we connected on our first day of what way back then was called junior high and have had the text book...

“Don’t you remember Are You There God? Its Me Margaret?!” “NO, what about Goosebumps?!” “Ah! Those were the best – remember the Boxcar Children?” Recently, in the office it was a trip down book memory lane. We spent a good 20 minutes recounting the stories that we read in school, for summer reading, and throughout our pre-adolescence. What sparked this recounting, you may ask? Well, get out those reading specs,...

A good book has no ending.  ~R.D. Cumming Gazing at the sea of Kindles on the T each morning, I frequently want to lean over and ask, “So what are ya reading?” Reading not only expands our vocabulary, but it enriches our thinking about the things that matter to us: relationships, business, nonprofits, celebrities, and international affairs, just to name a few.  Because nothing is as delicious as a book referral, I recently reached...

In January, I attended a lecture at Castilleja School, a Palo Alto school for girls in grades 6-12. The lecture, given by Faith D’Aluisio and Peter Menzel, was part of Castilleja’s annual “Global Week” program, in which the school holds a series of lectures and events related to a specific theme in international issues. This year, the topic was “Food Justice and Sustainability,” and Menzel and D’Aluisio were presenting their...