The sun reached its nadir on Monday at 5:02 AM (EST) while most of us were warmly tucked into bed and dreaming perhaps of a different kind of holiday celebration during this awkward year of 2020. My wife was not one of us. As she has done in previous years she awoke early to meditate and celebrate on this celestial event. After all, the holidays we celebrate at this time of the year are about light from the darkness. Kind...

As I’ve written before, Thanksgiving is the most psychologically powerful holiday we celebrate as we recognize and express gratitude for the blessings in our lives. Even in the strangest of years, we’ll find plenty of ways to express our appreciations for the many good things in our lives. For myself, I have sometimes noticed that my expressed gratitude can be somewhat perfunctory. I might say how grateful I am that everyone is around the dinner table (this year on the...

Two great challenges have confronted us in 2020. The global pandemic and our presidential election. We have essentially resolved one of them and while the other seems to be worsening, there appears to be some light at the end of the tunnel as both Pfizer and Moderna announced virus breakthroughs. We do, however had a challenging road ahead. But, let’s just focus on what we’ve gotten through so far. The election was predicted to be a potential disaster. Fueled by...

So, what has been your favorite Pandemic food? Eating at home, for us, over the past 6 months has allowed us to try out some new menu items but has also created a certain ritual of the tried and true regulars that we have to enjoy every week.   For us, it has been Broccolini, with its own little tale of resilience. We first had Broccolini about 15 years ago at a little Italian restaurant in midtown Manhattan. I was...