For as long as I can remember, music has provided a light I cannot resist: goosebumps, tears, revelation; there is no...
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Friends & Neighbors Holiday Benefit
According to the Mayo Clinic, more than 3 million Americans suffer from seasonal affect disorder (SAD, obvs) a mood...
Rob Markman: Triumph & Tears
Rob Markman impressed me from the jump. Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Rob put himself through Hunter College working in...
Give Thanks
At some point in the hours prior to the Thanksgiving dinners of our childhood, our mother would whisper to Chris and...
Amy Hollingsworth: The Glimmer
Long before the raft of high-profile Fred Rogers documentaries, biopics, books and remembrances, author Amy...
Vote “Yes”
This election has been different for me than any prior. But not in the way you think. Thirty years ago, on the...
Craig Mullaney: How To Be Human
Craig Mullaney’s bio is sort of ridiculous. High School Valedictorian. West Point Graduate. Rhode Scholar. Army...
Jason Walsmith: Just Say Yes
Stepping onto Meat Loaf’s 45-foot-long, rust brown 1980 Eagle XLT tour bus for a week-long...
Whitney Matheson: Still Aways Away
It’s difficult to remember now, deep into the post-Kardashian Age, but — even in the early days of the Internet — it...
Meet Your “Friends & Neighbors”
Twenty years ago, children’s television pioneer, Fred Rogers, shared a sentiment with me that changed my life. “I feel...
The Concrete Broke My Fall
It was a beautiful morning. The air was cool and damp, brushed by fog. We set out for school together: Maggie and...
You Are Going To LOVE This
Today, for the fifth time in as many weeks, I opened a newsletter with the subject header, "You are going to LOVE...
