Attorney, Author and Philanthropist
If you take a course in creative writing the first assignment very often is to write a story about an unforgettable character. Our friend Larry qualifies. Larry put together a complicated multimillion dollar mining deal in Birmingham with the help of four hookers. Larry was born in a trailer park in South Florida, never…
It’s not a commonly used word. Transition – We’re all in transition of one kind or another, changing, going from one stage of life to another, transitioning. Changing the subject matter of a discussion, moving on to a different thought. Transition is the link connecting different thoughts and ideas. My Miami Memoirs podcast story (see…
I wasn’t the first person to beat a hasty retreat out of Brooklyn. Try August 8th, 1776. We were losing the battle of Long Island to the British. American casualties numbered three thousand. British, three hundred and ninety-two. General William Howe had Washington’s troops trapped on Brooklyn Heights. Washington decided, as did I sometime later,…
Envoi is not a word that we see or hear often. In fact, I don’t ever remember using it. My British editor suggested it to conclude my book Miami Memoirs (available on Amazon and gets five stars). I believe that envoi is a final statement, a summation, concluding words. So, at the end we look…
My latest podcast The Nurse Philanthropist, tells the story of Ida, the nurse philanthropist. This very modest lady left what I thought would be a few thousand dollars to Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital. It turned out to be one million five hundred thousand dollars. She was recognized by having a nurse’s lounge name after her…