Find Your Legacy
A season of hope, peace, love and renewal…
A quick message this Christmas morning from West Newbury Vermont. The picture above is from a chilly dawn this morning at sunrise, looking across the “Upper Connecticut river valley looking into the White mountains in New Hampshire. This beautiful village has meant a lot to Jennie and her family for decades, and I have had […]
Pants for Christmas
As many of you readers know, or can certainly pickup from my essays over the past 12+ years, I am extremely proud (and very fond) of our company… Bolthouse Farms. I will save the professional reflections and appreciations for another essay but suffice it to say that I continually find my time at Bolthouse Farms […]
You can never say thanks enough… Over the years, how many times have you as a leader recognized key team members for exceptional work? I am sure that your answer goes something like mine would….” as many times as I can.” Well, I have just been involved in a major project at work, our […]
It’s been a tough few months…. “no malignancy”!
Over the years of writing this blog, (and that has now spanned more than 13 years!!!) I have tried to focus on lessons of leadership and life as my core themes. A few times I have strayed into political issues of the day ( see https://fylegacy.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-message-at-troubled-moment-in-our.html posted on 1/7/21) or on family issues that we were experiencing […]
Don’t fight your life…” The wisdom of Swint”
This may sound like quite an unusual title, but recently I have faced some challenges that have brought this idea, and these themes into sharp focus. As most of you know, I have had a business career that has spanned 35+ years and across those decades ( now that’s hard to fathom!) I have often […]
Now is the time for Action and Condemnation!
Across history there are too many moments where the “silent majority” of the global community have sat on the sidelines and quietly “tolerated” authoritarian atrocities and humanitarian crises to occur. Today the unprovoked, criminal invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russian military forces is just such a moment that REQUIRES all of us to act […]
Its time to smell the roses …. literally!
Last week i had minor sinus surgery. I won’t go into the messy details, but I have had had breathing challenges for years, and over the past few months had seen some doctors who uncovered a deviated septum, and extensive scar tissue… issues that needed to be corrected and eliminated. The procedure went well, […]
An inspiring moment at the piano
This year Christmas was a bit quieter than most; there were five of us (our family of four an Jennies father) gathered here in Atlanta on a warm and beautiful day. We exchanged gifts, cooked a delicious meal, and really enjoyed the time together. Jennie’s sisters and their families were out of town this year, […]
Mama’s Peanut Butter Cookies for the New Year!
I know, the last thing you are thinking about are Cookie recipes but over the years on this blog ( 11 years and counting!) I have a little tradition of including family recipes around the holidays. Below is an “Easy” Peanut Butter Cookie recipe from my paternal grandmother Lakie Pearl Hill otherwise know to all […]
Reflect, Appreciate and Breathe
Over the past weeks, I have taken a few moments and thought about this past year (thinking back to March of 2020 when Covid really took hold here in the U.S.) and it’s hard to try to sum it up. It has been challenging, heartbreaking, tiring and bewildering just to try a few […]