Musings from my driveway, my home and my heart
My husband and I had front row seats at the Ricky Skaggs concert at The Ark concert hall in Ann Arbor, Michigan last Saturday – but it actually felt more like a pew. Even before Skaggs and his Kentucky Thunder band began playing, the religious tone of the concert was apparent. Roadies filled a rack... Continue Reading →
When my mother-in-law Audrey Lienert died peacefully in a Michigan hospice on June 23, 2016, she was dressed in a new lavender nightgown and had freshly manicured nails. Her room was filled with objects that defined her, including a flowered straw hat and a picture of her looking like a young Judy Garland in her... Continue Reading →
When the conversation lags at business dinners or cocktail parties, I like to liven things up by asking people a simple question: “What was your first job?” People have done everything from “herding turkeys” to “recording the results of PAP-test smears.” But all seem to agree that a first job is not only memorable, it... Continue Reading →
My management style has been stitched together in a patchwork of lessons learned from some memorable women I’ve met and worked with, including a CEO who survived one of the worst terrorist incidents in U.S. history, a hospital chaplain who preached the “theology of hospitality” in the workplace and a top editor who models and... Continue Reading →
Anita's Way 