At 81, Susan Michaud is a lifelong lobsterman, born into a family deeply rooted in the trade. “My father had three girls, and I happened to be the middle child, so I became the son,” she said. Michaud first realized she was entering a male-dominated field when she was about 10 years old and won a father-son fishing contest hosted by The Boston Globe after catching a “very … [Read more...] about Susan Michaud is a woman in a (lobster)man’s world
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From The Deep End: Seize the day
"Hanging around, nothing to do but frown. Rainy days and Mondays always get me down." — Paul H. Williams / Roger S. Nichols As I type this, it's both a rainy day and a Monday. Lucky for me, it's also St. Patrick's Day, so I will just blast the Clancy Brothers on my stereo all day. Mondays tend to be my busiest day, with deadlines and sorting out the week's assignments and … [Read more...] about From The Deep End: Seize the day
From The Deep End: Things change
"There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." — G. K. Chesterton This quote has been floating around on my desk for a few months. I tore it out of a magazine and stuck it to my "vision board," which is a fancy name for a piece of cork and a confetti-like collection of sticky notes, scraps of articles, and fortune cookie messages. I … [Read more...] about From The Deep End: Things change
From The Deep End: Lessons from the pandemic: Five years later
"If it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter." — Cher Five years? That's a common time period often applied to many situations. We have five-year warranties on some cars and five-year financing, too. Five-year survival rates for some diseases are a metric researchers look at, and usually, the first college or high school reunion happens five years after graduation. … [Read more...] about From The Deep End: Lessons from the pandemic: Five years later
From The Deep End: Running the table
"At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck." — Ian Fleming I won't ever be a high roller, but I enjoy a day in a casino. Now and then, I will take a little cash and a lot of attitude and head to Mohegan or Foxwoods for a day trip. Sometimes, I go on the "old lady" bus, which I know isn't a nice thing to call it, but the women on the last trip I went on … [Read more...] about From The Deep End: Running the table