So, this happened A few decades ago, an agency I was a part of had a contract with a bold-face-name developer. We were hired to brand a certain property and create all of the support materials and media for that property. The project was a huge success and very well received. When it came time to be paid for the contracted work, our bold-face-name developer said that he would pay half and if we didn’t like it, we should sue, and good luck with that because he had a legal team

Before you break my heart. Think it o-o-ver. Once upon a time, not too long ago, there was a group, a magical group possessed of special powers, that joined disparate cultural groups together through the strength of their combined vision and talent and fortitude and empathy...yes empathy...that word we’re not supposed to speak   anymore... They were called the Supremes. And they were. And they had presence and power in their presence, and we all knew that they were special, t

There’s a general understanding in all creative fields that if everything is big, nothing’s big.   Similarly, if everything is loud, nothing’s loud and if everything is shiny, nothing is shiny. So, here we  are, not even a full year into the big, loud, shiny administration and it’s been decided for all of us that what we all want, what we all need, what we’ve all been craving is a ballroom. A big, loud, shiny ballroom. A Versailles-like ballroom but bigger. A gold-plated, rea

I am he as you are he, as you are me and we are all together.   It’s a perfect evening. I’m sitting on our balcony, looking across the bay to the Gulf of Mexico. I’m sipping a perfect martini made with Vodka from France and Scotch from Scotland, garnished with Olives from Spain that are stuffed with Blue Cheese from Denmark, all contained in a beautiful, pewter-stemmed Martini Glass handcrafted in Italy. Down below, at the Tiki bar on the Bay, a quartet is playing bossa nova

It’s all in how you look at it. When the world seems to be getting uglier by the minute, I think it’s important to find the beauty.  ...

with meaning. Both in early middle age, she, walking ahead with a dog on a leash, a happy dog on a leash, and he, a few steps back,...

Beautifully quiet. We went away, we escaped from the exhaustion of moving, from the unpacking of endless boxes, from our non-stop life of...

I read it in a book last week and I had to stop and look it up.   It means resembling twilight (before sunrise or after sunset) or active...

I took a kind of mental break. Mental, physical and psychological, to be honest. In a world like our current one, where every day’s news...

Who are your people? Apparently I’m partly Swedish. Not a total surprise. I’m tall, after all, and was blond once upon a time. The...

and I’m just trying to cross the street So, apparently there’s a parade today. A big parade. An expensive parade. A parade that will...

How is that even possible? There’s something about seeing talent, real talent, expressed and shared, nakedly, rawly, generously in...

Last week, somebody asked me,”If someone gave you $10,000,000, what would you do with it?” I’m not a financially wealthy man, not even...

I’m sitting on the second floor balcony. It’s one of those big deep summer porches, at our niece’s and nephew’s getaway house on Tybee...

Many families have a few of these, I’m guessing. Ours were often at the beach and in black and white with crinkled edges, because this...

A flock of cranes is called a siege. Cranes are beautiful, legendary, ancient birds that represent good fortune, longevity, peace and...

This morning my phone let me know I have 23 app updates available. 23. Let that sink in. In what other industry can you sell a product to...

So, here’s another thing they don’t tell you. You’re younger than Springtime and old as the hills and at some  point, when you least...

There comes a time in everyone’s life, I’m guessing, when your points of reference  start to resemble Barbara Stanwyck more than Aimee...

It was a beautiful brush, as brushes go.   About 9 inches long, with a smooth rock maple handle, shining stainless steel ferrule  and...