I posted this a year ago. Seems more relevant today:

I love winter. I also love when spring comes. As a kid on a dairy farm, sugaring was a favorite time. Fond memories with my Dad. Time passed, we moved off the farm, I moved to NYC, times change. Farm kid becomes finance and M&A kid. I moved back to rural NY, have kids now and for more than 15 years, have tapped the trees in my back yard.

My children (who refused to be in the photo) are still young. We all work together bringing in the sap and boiling it down to make syrup. Making memories. I hope that they will look back on this time with the same fondness when they are adults, and maybe continue the tradition.

I fix broken companies, I make good companies grow, and I have a passion for the art of the deal. Sometime this takes me away from home for a bit of time. One thing I learned early on:

You never have a second chance to make a memory. Go make some today.