No, it's not January 1, 2012. It's, in fact, 5772. That's right. It's Rosh Hashanah. - Jewish New Year -from from sundown on Sept. 28 to nightfall on Sept. 30.  This a whole different new year than your secular bash with champagne, noise makers and a date you'll regret having the day after. It's about looking within ourselves and back at the past year, the missteps we made and a plan for how to resolve those mistakes - resolutions if you will. Think spiritual wake-up call with the metaphor of the  shofar - or ram's horn which is blown throughout the service - to bring the message home. Check out the shofar flash mob in Chicago.  So shana tovah to all.

My work covering Elizabeth Kovalcin over the last 10 years after her husband was killed when his plane became the first to hit the World Trade Center has come to an end, but my friendship with Elizabeth and her family will never be over. I'm no fan of memorials, pomp and/or circumstance, but the installment in Hudson, NH - my town - where David Kovalcin lived with his family - is stellar and even more remarkable given the fact that just three weeks before there was nothing in that spot except an American flag. Let's do what Elizabeth asked. Let's not look at her children or the others who lost someone that day with pity any more. "We're happy," she said. "We are 10 years in the future." To read my last article on the subject, hit this link.Ten years later

Looking forward to our new blogging class at the NL School of Communication. If you already blog, good for you. If not, it's a piece of cake.