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Look Up Day – I’m Thankful For

Look Up Day – I’m Thankful For
  On this Look Up Day, which happens to also be Thanksgiving, I wanted to share with you a piece of my powerful story that I wrote about in When All Balls Drop. In the vignette below, "I'm Thankful For..." I describe how special Thanksgiving of 2009 was at my mom's home in Massachusetts. Only two…
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Calling the Cops on My Birthday

Calling the Cops on My Birthday
Yes, it's quite an unusual title for a post. However, it is one of my favorite vignettes from my memoir, When All Balls Drop. Five years ago on my birthday, I was in New York's Hudson River Valley recovering from a broken neck caused by a freak tree accident earlier that fall. It was a…
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How Can There Be an Upside of Losing Everything

How Can There Be an Upside of Losing Everything
I address this question in my inspirational memoir, When All Balls Drop, as well as at many of my book signings and events. Recently, I wrote a quick post on Medium explaining my answer to the question. How can there be an upside of losing everything? To explain, let me share with you a little…
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What Readers Are Saying About When All Balls Drop

What Readers Are Saying About When All Balls Drop
If you have been keeping up with the When All Balls Drop launch and book tour, you have read both the reviews of book critics and bloggers. However, in a world where increasingly the recommendations of friends, followers, and people just like you are crucial, let me share with you what readers say about When All…
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When All Balls Spotted Amongst the Fall Colors – Where Are You Reading It?

When All Balls Spotted Amongst the Fall Colors – Where Are You Reading It?
When All Balls Drop has been spotted in: NYC, Russia, Fort Lauderdale, Beantown, Wisconsin, Kauai, Rome, Tuscany, with our fury friends, on the go, and even amongst the Fall colors. To coincide with the fifth anniversary of the traumatic tree accident in September 2009, I released When All Balls Drop this September. That year, the fall colors were…
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What Are Book Bloggers Saying About When All Balls Drop Part Four

What Are Book Bloggers Saying About When All Balls Drop Part Four
What Are Book Bloggers Saying About When All Balls Drop Part Four? Jilly - "This book had me in tears one time, and laughing the other." Mel - "The writing is fluent, in short vignettes, and once I got started, I didn’t want to stop reading." Lanie - "Whenever I’m feeling like giving up, I’ll…
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Eataly – Culinary Travel to Florence Italy

Eataly – Culinary Travel to Florence Italy
They say a way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Well, that goes for this adventurer as well. Last month, I was able to feast my eyes (and stomach) on Florence, Italy. Yes, I did climb the Duomo. Also, I admired the details of the grand feat of David, which was much larger…
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When All Balls Drop and Oprah’s Life You Want Tour Miami

When All Balls Drop and Oprah’s Life You Want Tour Miami
This weekend, I soaked up the good vibrations of Oprah's Life You Want Tour in Miami. Thousands of South Florida fans and I flocked to Miami's AAA to be inspired by Oprah as well as her trailblazers, including one of my favorite authors, Elizabeth Gilbert, world-renowned Deepak Chopra, down-to-earth Rob Bell, sassy Iyanla Vanzant, and…
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