2014

April 11, 2016

Take 5 With Award Winning Filmmaker Doug Blush

World Premier: Accomplished Documentarian Brought Beyond Laughter and Tears: A Journey of Hope to CIFF Doug Blush and I first met back in 2012 when CIFF […]
April 7, 2016

Beethoven Rolls Over to Cleveland

CIFF Welcomes What Would Beethoven Do? One of the great joys of the Cleveland International Film Festival is exposure to great culture. Mostly, this culture is […]
November 23, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #13: Writing Seminars – Part 1 – Hay House, Wayne Dyer and Cheryl Richardson

“Writing isn’t something I do. It’s something I am.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer . Along the corporate life trajectory writing has kept me consistent company, decade […]
November 19, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #12: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 2

From January till ~ June of 2013, I lived 6 months in a monastic lifestyle: work, work out, write, sleep, repeat. Once in a while I’d […]
November 17, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #11: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 1

2013 built on the loss of 2012. And more was to follow. Pruning the dead leaves of one’s life is a critical component to letting the […]


August 21, 2014

How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?

While standing on my balcony and watching yet another rainstorm pass over the city, I pulled out the keys out of my pocket and discovered that […]
August 19, 2014

Bagging the Past

August has been an interesting month. While there’s still nearly two weeks left before September’s autumn breezes whisper the change of seasons, this month has brought […]
August 15, 2014
CJN

Cleveland Jewish News: From the Bookshelf – Diary of the Dumped

Cleveland Jewish News writer Carlo Wolff makes a nice mention and mini-review of Diary of the Dumped in the publication’s “From the Bookshelf” feature.  
August 15, 2014
The Writer Magazine

The Writer Magazine: Where In The World Is The Writer?

Featured in The Writer Magazine’s Where In The World Feature. Photo: Nonna Kofman.    
August 11, 2014

Dear Robin Williams

Dear Robin Williams,   As I look out the window, wiping the tears off my face, I see that the clouds are moving north and slightly […]
July 27, 2014

Unpacking a Repackaged Life

Life’s Full of Options   I spent the first half of this year living out a once in a lifetime sabbatical, traveling, writing and meeting incredible […]