This year will be a great opportunity to think more about presence than presents. Presents are those things that we all go out and buy and put under our Chanukah bush or Christmas tree. Presence is our willingness to slow down and be with and enjoy people during this holiday season. It’s a quandary. If you don’t go out and
» Read moreThe Wall Street Journal must have been reading the little booklet we published a couple of years ago called, Protecting People Who are Patients in Hospitals. The headline of the October 28, 2008 Health Journal article by Melinda Beck is called, “Bedside Manner: Advocating for a Relative in the Hospital”, and stresses the life-saving benefit of patients having an advocate
» Read moreBack in January, Judith Snow and her four friends, Gloria, Paula, Gean, and Franziska came to stay in Savannah for two weeks. It was meant to be a nice break from the Toronto winter and a chance for her to make headway on her book. BUT, she’s Judith Snow and everyone wants to talk with her, but mostly hear her
» Read moreI have a new job with the City of Savannah, Director of Mobility and Parking. Which means that I have to get used to being both the most loved (projects like the River Street Streetcar) and the most hated (meter maids fall under me) person in Savannah all at one time. Incidentally, we call our meter maids parking enforcement officers
» Read moreSo clearly my rule about trying to blog 3 times per week has gone to that bad place we can’t say. At least I can say I’m very happy with the entries that I have made so I’ll take quality over quantity any day. I work in the City Manager’s Office in Savannah and among the things that I handle
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