Welcome!
I’m very pleased you’re here. I’d like to tell you about PASSING THE BATON and how you’ll benefit from subscribing, as well as a little bit about myself.
What is PASSING THE BATON?
PASSING THE BATON is a bi-weekly newsletter with a focus on a variety of topics, authentic and timeless, and hopefully thought provoking.
My goal is for posts to be stimulating enough to share with others and lead to meaningful conversation with family and friends.
Some posts may inspire, some may lead to reflection, some to laughter, others to a shed tear, and hopefully all worthy of your time to read. Hopefully, by reading, you’ll feel a sense of belonging and community, knowing that there are others like you, with a shared desire to be better grounded in what feels like a chaotic, superficial world.
My inspiration for writing PASSING THE BATON is two-fold. One is my desire to produce a collection of writings for my children. The other is to seek relief from the constant noise and discord that reflect our culture. At first blush those motivations may seem unrelated, but for me they share a common theme, that being that I want to write messages that in some way stand the test of time and convey something meaningful.
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Who am I?
I’m a Baby Boomer, born and raised in Michigan, and happily married to a wonderful wife, mother and prolific metal and glass sculptor. Together we’re blessed to have three great children, two sons who live in Phoenix, one married and the other soon to be, and a daughter who lives in Wilmington, N.C. I enjoyed a 20+ year career, advancing up the corporate ladder with American Express Financial Corporation, from which I was blessed to be financially secure enough to leave in my early 40s to pursue other interests and be more involved with my family and community. In the ensuing years, I’ve been an active investor, developed and owned several small commercial real estate projects, owned an art gallery, been a partner in a restaurant, owned a real estate brokerage, and am a past president of both my local school board and Rotary Club.
Through it all I’ve had an inner voice that’s whispered, cajoled, nudged, and sometimes even nagged at me to share what I’ve gleaned throughout the journey to this point in my life, past my prime, yet still feeling vibrant, and wanting to remain relevant to those who love me. But ‘Is what I have to share worth writing?’, I’ve repeatedly asked of my inner voice. And the response that comes back every time is, ‘Get out of your own way. Just write.’
