It wasn’t a good week. I was stuck inside with a killer sinus infection, dragging myself through the must-do items on my overcrowded to-do list and canceling all the optional things I could relegate to the future. In other words, postponing all the fun stuff and slogging through the rest. Ugh. Maybe it was the Continue reading
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Three Ways to Banish Stress Forever
Ok, just so you know: I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. It’s always the same every year anyway: Eliminate carbs Jog three miles a day Learn French Streamline my personal belongings Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. So now I have a new approach to self-improvement – finding the most perfect stress busters. And here they Continue reading
Preserving Your Bloom
It’s not about gardening – planting, pruning, fertilizing and watering – at least not in the botanical sense. And it’s not an optional activity. Preserving Your Bloom is about being luminous, not lackluster. Preserving Your Bloom is about trying risky new things – where the process is unfamiliar and the outcome uncertain. Like I am doing Continue reading
Henna, Not Heroin
There is no chance I will ever become a heroin addict. I hate needles. Even the THOUGHT of an IV makes me cringe. And the ACTUALITY of one sets my normally prominent and generously sized veins into a state of such constriction that the routine procedure of inserting an IV becomes an agonizing ordeal. It Continue reading
We Plan. G-d Laughs.
My brother and sister-in-law, after living their entire lives in one city, retired to Arizona two months ago. They planned to enjoy the climate, mountains and people; vacation in San Diego; visit friends in Los Angeles; explore the West and experience our country’s wonderful national parks. In the end, only moving to Arizona would come to Continue reading
I Can Tell my Best Friend Anything, Right?
Jeannie was my very first “best friend.” She is in front of me in the wagon, which, as you will see, was her default position when it came to our relationship. Tuesday, September 7, 1954: first day of school at Bond Hill Elementary. Our principal, a towering and imposing figure, mandated that each school year Continue reading
Jews and Asians – A Workable Marriage Mix?
So I recently made a foray to Hong Kong for a week. For the record, I am not an ardent traveler/writer like Rick Steves nor an ardent eater/media darling like Anthony Bourdain. Aspiring to their level of admiration and success, however, has a prominent place on my bucket list. But that’s another blog post. I Continue reading
Big Deal – So my Dad was a Ball Turret Gunner During WW2
I wasn’t the brightest kid. I grew up believing the tale my father told me – that I had spent World War 2 being toted around on his back. It wasn’t until I was about nine-years-old that I realized the impossibility. I had been born in August of 1947, years after the war was over. And Continue reading
Ten Ways to Stay Happily Married
After the wedding bells stop chiming, how do you sustain the marital magic? After 39 years of being married to the same man, I’ve got a few ideas on keeping the spark burning and the affection flowing toward – not away from – each other. 1. When you get home at night, greet each other Continue reading
What It Took Me 68 Years To Do: Riding the Rails All By Myself
I am not a native New Yorker. In fact, I have never even lived in “The City” for any extended amount of time, though I visit often. I hear horror stories centering on confusion about what bus goes where, the need for exact change in quarters and the intricacy of figuring out bus schedules. So, Continue reading