Your “Jerry Maguire” Moment (from New York Minute Magazine)

The man was calling to offer him the job of his dreams.  Conventional wisdom said my friend would pack up his family and move away in the coming months to a situation of healthier opportunity and security.  There was only one problem with the proposal: my friend woke in the middle of the night and […]

Snowdays & Red Crayons: A Formula for Success (from New York Minute Magazine)

In my part of the world we don’t often see snow before Christmas; but this year it is being delivered early and often.  Nothing transforms the winter landscape of dead leaves littering brown lawns, barren grey trees, dirty sidewalks and sunless skies like a good, thick, sparkling, fair layer of snow.  In that moment before […]

“Cut from the Team” (from New York Minute Magazine)

It was a steamy summer early morning right after the bars had closed. A disheveled thin man, stylishly unshaven and wearing a concert t-shirt, closed the door of his car and approached the window. A sense of dejection hung to his persona and seemed to draw the cigarette smoke he was exhaling from his mouth […]