Babes On Bay Street

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Gift of Summer

The first six months of this year were particularly challenging for me and I have decided to give myself the "Gift of Summer" to recharge my batteries and experience some of life's simple (and sometimes guilty) pleasures. In terms of my blog, my posts will be less about telling stories (although I may tell a few) and more about sharing with you the ways in which I am amusing myself over the summer and the insights I gain by simply "being present".  In the fall, I will resume telling the stories of the wonderful "Babes On Bay Street".    In terms of sharing the ways in which I have been amusing myself, I have been devouring the Millennium trilogy by Steig Larsson. Judith Timson, one ...

Why Women Should Rule the World

Why Women Should Rule the World was written by Dee Dee Meyers. She was the spokeswoman for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, and from January 20, 1993, to December 22, 1994 served as White House press secretary – the first woman appointed to the position. She was later co-host of the CNBC talk show Equal Time and a consultant and contributor to NBC’s television drama The West Wing.  In fact, I believe she was the inspiration for the character played by Allison Janney, C. J. Cregg.    In an early chapter, she said something which resonated with me in terms of telling the stories of the women I admired on Bay Street. “I share my story in the hope that it will ...