Sue and I were visiting our son Sean in Brooklyn, NY for a Thanksgiving holiday. We went with him to visit a friend of his who lives in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. Red Hook has a long history dating back to colonial times. It is home to the Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves founded in 1796 and still functioning.
The guy and his wife had two small children, one about 4 and the other maybe 2. We sat down and began to chat and get acquainted. After a few moments, one of the kids started to look pale and sort of ill. Suddenly, the younger one began to vomit enthusiastically spilling liquid on her sister’s head as well as my arm and all over the table and floor. The mom quickly springs into action to get the little girl into the tub to clean her up. The rest of us did some clean-up work of our own with puzzled looks on our faces that probably would confuse even puzzle wizards. The little one returned feeling much better and we sort of returned to our visit. Suddenly, the chair I’m sitting on collapses, and I fall flat on the floor. It turns out the 4-year-old liked to play with the chair legs essentially unscrewing them from the base of the seat. The guy forgot to alert us to her playful ways. We left shortly after that. It made for a very memorable Thanksgiving Day in Red Hook.
Patrick J. O’Connor is the lead consultant for 3LC. He designs and conducts most of the services associated with 3LC. He is also associated with several consultants and trainers who specialize in other learning- related subjects. These topics can be discussed as needed. He has leveraged his many years of scholarly experience in higher education to work with organizations to improve employee performance. He has served on the faculty at Kent State University, The University of Georgia, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and New River Community College. In addition, he is an active marketing, training and leadership consultant to business and educational organizations. He is the author of two collegiate marketing textbooks and numerous professional journal articles and monographs, the You Know America book series and “Meet Me at Rays; a celebration of 75 years of Ray’s Place in Kent Ohio”. He also writes a feature column for aroundKent Magazine titled “The Road Less Traveled”. His bachelor and master degrees are from Bowling Green State University and his doctorate is from Virginia Tech. He and his wife, Susan, have four adult children. They reside in Kent, Ohio.
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