Category: Personal

  • A time gone by: storytelling fit for royals

    Last night I watched the new HBO documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy. It evoked vivid memories for me as I was in London to cover the biggest story on the planet at the time for NBC News twenty years ago. Within a few short years, I would learn how to shoot and…

  • My fortnight of solitude: the power of retreat

    My spouse had given me the gift of solitary retreat. I eschewed transcontinental travel, metal detectors, even four-wheeled vehicles — along with social media, e-mail, news and sustained human contact. Ultimately, I enjoyed the temporary freedom of deriving any sense of self from my reflection in the eyes of others.

  • Don’t forget to write

    Why it’s important to capture meaningful moments and share them with others as stories. You just never know…

  • Wearables, hearables and facing my physical reality through technology

    [TLDR version: “I’m getting old and I’m dealing with it!”] As the archetypal “early adopter” I haven’t shied away from getting increasingly intimate with technology, especially as it gets more personalized. I’ve often sported a bluetooth earpiece when I’m driving or biking in an attempt to simulate the “wearable” experience — listening to audiobooks, having text…