New Year’s Greetings!

I wanted to reconnect and wish you a happy, healthy, and (as we must continue to say) safe (2022!  What a year this has been … My New Year’s Eve was spent much differently from pre-COVID times—snuggled up with my pandemic Yorkie watching the ball drop from the vantage point of my couch. I did get to experience the joys of New York City during the brief post-Delta, pre-Omnicom season, seeing Porgy and Bess at the Met over Thanksgiving. I felt we were in the midst of a better future … and we surely will be one day soon!

2021 was a year of loss, but also of big changes. 

It’s hard to believe that I’ve lived with my puppy Beau for close to a year. As it was almost impossible to adopt, I flew to Nashville on Valentine’s Day (of course!) to pick him up from his Kentucky breeder. I was sure to love him, even though he’s a Republican from the deep South!  Beau has attended school taking group obedience classes at Doggie Doo, a venerable establishment of canine instruction. It was difficult to gain admission due to the high demand of puppy parents on the Upper East Side – kind of like being a parent trying to get her child into the “right” school. Beau discovered his passion – continuous treats! He went on to obtain his Masters in Disobedience, and now has a private trainer who instructs military dogs. I am armed with tools such as a water gun and party horn struggling to teach him “to sit”?

During the past year, I earned a certificate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Columbia Teachers College. I am especially interested in the intersection of business and English language and am currently an Executive Business Coach at Berlitz International. I hope to expand my passion for coaching international business executives into a private practice over the next year. I am in the pursuit of communications assignments, and will publish my book, “My Slip Was Pink” in 2022. Traveling to Israel is still on my agenda!  

Again, I wish you and your family a safe and secure passage through this continuing pandemic and look forward to seeing you as we are liberated from our captivity!