by Jackie | Around NYC, Life Happens, Living Deliberately
When I was a kid, my uncle was on a bowling league. He spent every Wednesday and Saturday night at the bowling alley. He had his own ball, shoes and fancy chamois towelette. I don’t remember that he was unusually competitive. He just enjoyed the company of...
by Jackie | Living Deliberately, The One With, Writing Life
“There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth…. Nothing anywhere else is like them.” ~Marjory Stoneman Douglas The Florida Everglades is a big place — 1.5 million acres to...
by Jackie | Life Happens, The One With
Syrup is big business. So big that two years ago it was the object of a major heist — an $18 million heist of six million gallons — from a Canadian syrup cartel. The Coen Brothers are making a movie about it. If this all sounds a little too fantastical to...
by Jackie | Animal Instinct, The One With
Dr. Jane Goodall and I met in 2008 at a lecture in Manhattan. I was as giddy as a schoolgirl. I’m a fan of Dr. Jane for many reasons — her determination and courage, chief among them. In 1960, 26-year-old Jane Goodall was hiking to her vantage...
by Jackie | Around NYC, The One With
Among the people walking through Washington Square Park in Manhattan on March 25, 1911, was a reporter for the United Press news agency. William Gunn Shepherd followed the sound of women screaming, volunteer firemen sloshing buckets of water and windows shattering. As...
