Way back in 1955, my wife, Norma, and I started Bill Brown Sales.  We lived in a co-op apartment in Skokie, Illinois, and in order to support the financial cost of launching the business, I spent the day working to sell products/components from OEM component manufacturers to OEM lighting customers

It was the blizzard of ’67. The snow was blinding and driving was treacherous! I was 11 years old-in a time before cell phones could provide weather updates or assistance. My mother and I were coming home from shopping and our car got stuck in the middle of Gold Rd.

My birthday usually falls around the High Holy Days. I have even had a few birthdays when I had to fast!  These last few birthdays, I have shaken my head when I realized what age I will be and this next one is no exception. There are so many things

In many ways, I have made a full circle in the role my Judaism plays in my life. When I was young and going to afternoon Hebrew School in a Conservative congregation, I wondered about the white-haired older men who shuffled in every afternoon for Mincha and Maariv. I now