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What Would Nicole Kidman Do?
Some people seem to work all the time. I mean, ALL THE TIME. A body in motion tends to stay in motion, and all that. I think that’s why...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Aug 28, 20212 min read


Respect
Mutual is the operative word Some years ago, in an interview situation where I was a finalist for a job I wanted, one of the interviewers...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Aug 21, 20212 min read


Re-Begin
I didn’t write a blog today, I didn’t have a topic. I guess that makes me idea-less or, some might say, myopic. Or maybe it’s the...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Aug 14, 20211 min read


Written on the Wind
I received a handwritten note the other day...written on a note card...in ink...and signed..... Nice. The handwriting looks like the...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Aug 7, 20212 min read


Updates Shmupdates
Miss me? I’ve missed you. I wonder if there's an app for that... I’ve been busy doing upgrades to apps. A sentence I never thought I’d...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Jul 31, 20212 min read


Getting to Know You
Getting to know all about you. Well, a little bit anyway, because their legends are just beginning. The Muse and I are blessed with...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Jul 3, 20212 min read


The Kids Are All Right
I’m thinking of four, though there are many, but four especially, thanks to the wonders of Instagram. Four special talents. Four...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Jun 19, 20212 min read


Eggs Benedict and a Bloody, Please
I used to “do brunch.” New York. The Eighties. it was a thing. Probably out late the night before, definitely slept in, maybe passed...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Jun 13, 20211 min read


Windows
It’s Sunday morning and I’m sitting on the balcony, looking out at a beautifully peaceful sky, calm blue-green water in the distance, and...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Jun 6, 20211 min read


Have a Francois Gilot Day
Just for this picture alone. When they met, she was 21 and Picasso was 61. They parented 2 children, she inspired his work endlessly, she...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
May 29, 20212 min read


Where Are You Coming From?
How can you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been? This phrase has been rolling around in my brain all week, partly...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
May 22, 20212 min read


Puzzles
An overused metaphor, I know. But I was talking to one of my nearest and dearest last week and he happened to mention that he’s been...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
May 14, 20212 min read


A Mother Knows
I’m in awe of mothers. Always have been. I don’t know how they do it. Dad’s are involved too, of course, and we all know that, but more...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
May 7, 20213 min read


Creatively Speaking
So, I did this presentation this week, to my team and a bunch of other people within our company, and it was kinda great, at least for...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
May 1, 20211 min read


Reset
Can you feel it? It’s been more than a year of the whatever it is we’re calling it. And things are starting to get back to...what,...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Apr 24, 20211 min read


Conversation
It's an art, after all. I love conversation. Always have. And here’s the key, a definition in fact, to good conversation – conversation...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Apr 18, 20212 min read


Patterns
She sees patterns, she said. And isn’t that a wonderful thing? Patterns in color? Patterns in behavior? Patterns in thought? What kind of...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Apr 15, 20212 min read


It's a New Life
Nina Simone is singing Feeling Good...as it should be. It’s a beautiful, slightly-cool-by-Sarasota-standards evening. The town is...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Apr 15, 20212 min read


The Imaginarium
An Imaginarium is a place devoted to the imagination. Good word, right? Better concept. I don’t just mean creative ideas, though that’s...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Apr 15, 20212 min read


Life is a Banquet
“These are my top ten things that are helping me get through the pandemic,” said the psychologist/writer on Good Morning America. Really?...

WILLIAM A SLOAN
Mar 20, 20213 min read
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