Back to School … Way Back
After a recent move, the author discovered an accordion file, filled with his old school records going back over 50 years, meticulously kept by his mother.
Ruminations: Nothing but Saturdays
There are some advantages to getting older. Obviously, there are some disadvantages as well, but I’m not going to enumerate them now. Why should I ruin your day as well as mine?
The Look: Blame it on Rio
As summer comes to a close, I am spending the end of the Brazilian winter in Rio de Janeiro, my hometown. With temperatures ranging from 60 to 85, I have to say that winter is a breeze.
On the Home Front: Hail, Petronia!
If you’re in the market for a grand and charming cottage for two or more, you’re in luck. New to the market is 450 Grace Church Street, what’s left of the 13-acre “Petronia” estate built in 1900. In 1941, the then-30 room brick and stone mansion was listed for $15,510. That was then. The gatekeeper’s cottage was not part of the sale.
Rye Writes: Healing a Family’s Broken Heart
Lucia Ewing Greenhouse had a story to tell. It just took her 24 years to tell it. Unlike many authors, it wasn’t because she had a hard time finding a publisher. At her 25th Brown reunion, she ran into an old friend who told her she was becoming a literary agent. Greenhouse said she’d been working on a memoir and Kimberly Witherspoon told her to send it.
And Now for Something Completely Different From Stefan Radtke
Stefan Radtke started a film licensing and distribution company in his native Germany and took it public, before deciding to come to America, his wife’s native country.
Beyond Rye: Ecuador with the Grandchildren
We recently traveled to Ecuador with our two oldest grandchildren, Bergin Keegan, 11, and Catherine Crosier, 10. We spent the first four days of our trip in the southern highlands of the Andes, and the next four on the Galapagos Islands.
Do Something Today; Beginners Welcome
This time of year, with Westchester Triathlon fever in the air, many people trying to get back in non-triathlon shape say they feel intimidated by all the fit, thin people in town. I recently read something that clicked with me and I hope helps get the doubtful motivated. In the old days, it would have been a small epiphany, but thanks to Oprah, it’s an “Aha moment”. Mine isn’t one that’s likely to be used on a sports inspiration poster (it was in a fairly dense textbook chapter on health behavior psychology), but here it is: “Activity history is arguably the most important and influential variable in predicting current activity levels”. Fast forward the timeline of the quote and you get “the more active you are today, the more active you’ll be next week, next year, in 10 years time”.
High Energy and New Initiatives Add Up to New School Year Excitement at Rye Neck
Rye Neck elementary students didn’t begin the new school year until September 6, but administrators and teachers set the wheels in motion long before.
Ask Alice — Advice for All: The Importance of Doing the Right Thing
Dear Alice,
I have a very upsetting dilemma. My daughter, who just started her junior year in high school, told me over the summer that her former best friend, whose mother is one of my closest friends, has been selling marijuana. I was aware that my daughter had distanced herself from her friend for quite some time, mistakenly assuming they were in different cliques. But it was only when my friend asked about our daughters’ estrangement that I questioned her. My daughter reluctantly told me what was going on and made me promise not to tell my friend, because she’s worried about enraging her old friend and possible retaliation.