Over the weekend, I read a disturbing article that quoted a potential presidential candidate who wrote, “We will keep fighting until we put a stop to ESG once and for all!” ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance and is a set of investment standards for a company’s behaviors. In…

If you’re in New York this weekend, run don’t walk to the expansive and breath-taking art exhibit Edward Hopper’s New York at the Whitney Museum. New York was Hopper’s muse, second only to his wife Josephine “Jo” Nivison Hopper who was also a talented and accomplished painter. (Some of her…

On the Calm app, Matthew McConaughey reads a sleep story titled Wonder. In the earliest days of my cancer diagnosis and treatment, in the middle of the pandemic before vaccines when death tolls were skyrocketing, I waited for biopsy results and surgery. I would lie in bed praying for sleep…

I’m moving and looking for a new apartment. Yesterday I received my renewal lease for a studio — $2750 / month for 1 year, $2850 / month for 2 years. A $300 / month increase for 1 year, $400 / month for 2 years. This after they raised my rent…

1/3 of the global population plays video games. With engaging climate change storylines and content, video games have the potential to create billions of new climate advocates to protect the health of the natural world, and by extension the health of all beings including us. This is the topic of…

I apply my product development expertise to every area of my life — even my hair! Hair after chemo is an ever-evolving process. Eventually, it will stabilize, but it’s a years-long road. It requires a lot of patience, and over time, you need to tweak and adjust your haircare routine…

“All rise,” says the bailiff. “On the charges of racketeering, fraud, and conspiracy to commit a crime, how do you plead?” asks the judge. “Not guilty,” respond the 11 defendants. You may expect these kind of charges to be levied against infamous mafia crime bosses or pharmaceutical companies that sold…

I just completed a challenging jigsaw puzzle of Frida Kahlo that I started with my mom when she was here visiting last week. It got me thinking about dreams. All dreams are built by small pieces put together one after another after another. Small steps forward in a clear, focused…

You stand in your kitchen, turn on the sink’s tap, and nothing happens. You have no water in your home despite the fact that you live on the banks of the Colorado River, one of the most valuable natural entities in the U.S. It’s not that there’s no water to…