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My wife and I sit on an antique rug that softens the old, wide-planked, hardwood floor. We are warmed by a gentle fire in our room at a quaint B&B about an hour or so from home. As is our long-time New Year’s tradition, our celebration is more ceremonial in nature as we say thank you and goodnight to the year that brought us to this moment, and welcome the new one in quiet, cozy comfort.

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The Northeast is still recovering from a pre-Halloween freak snowstorm that left millions without power and caused many millions of dollars in damage. My back deck looked like a bad day in mid-January of a bad winter, blanketed nearly a foot-deep in snow. Our nearby trees were cracked, split, and splintered in an eerie tableaux of strangely beautiful destruction.

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Thinking (and Doing) Outside the Box

“If you’re going to think outside the box, first you have to know the box!” So says a friend of mine who is an executive at a Hartford insurance company. Knowing and understanding the box – its parameters, the ins and outs of how it works and why, the needs and expectations that make the box the box  – gives you a solid foundation to build upon.

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