Month: October 2013

Original posting 10/4/2013 The management training session in Mexico City had been a success and I was headed to Miami to celebrate Chad’s (my oldest son) eleventh birthday. I had a two day respite in Florida before returning to New England to prepare for the next trip to Hong Kong by way of Manila. The…

The street was cluttered with rickshaws, bicycles, and cars that were trying to navigate the passage to their destination that morning in what was then known as Bombay, India. The smell of diesel fumes and incense wafted into the taxi transporting the snugly secured Ahsha (my daughter) fastened around my neck and chest. We had…

Origional posting 10/1/2013 Hurricane Gloria roared across Long Island and the expanse of the Sound to slam onto the Connecticut shore. It was late in September of 1985 when nature showed only a portion of her majesty. Silt and debris blanketed our once thriving and lush Bayview lawn. Only a trickle of water had seeped…