"Can I write a thank you note?" the little boy asked and I had to laugh because I have tried on several occasions to get our little people to write thank you notes for the gifts they have received and they have always stubbornly and creatively avoided the task. "Well, sure," I replied as I [...]
We wrote a little thank you note to our school district today. Then we hung it from our balcony. If it seems extreme to hang an eight-foot sign from the front of your house on your last child's last day of school, know this: We are that grateful. We loved the field trips to bat [...]
Want to know what gratitude sounds like? Listen to the proud cacophony of nearly 900 string instruments swelling through a Performing Arts Center. Hear the capacity applause. Want to know what it feels like? Run your fingers over hand-built and wheel-thrown pottery, touch a lead-dusted sketch pad, lift a piece of fabricated metal. Want to [...]
Boy, why are you crying? Has your petulance left you stranded? No happy thoughts today? Too cranky to fly? We saw the swipe you took at us in Vanity Fair Magazine and we understand. Sometimes, when wit eludes, it's easiest to lash out. But, really, Willem, favelas? It's been nearly half a century and you're [...]