Here I sit with no shortage of topics to write about or projects to delve into. It is snowing outside with no signs of letting up until early tomorrow morning – or so says the weather report. Which should mean that cozy in the confines of my home/office this should be a very productive day. […]
Why I Am Not Making Any New Year’s Resolutions for 2014
It’s been years since I’ve made a New Year’s Resolution. I gave them up long ago. Mostly because I hate the word. It’s not very sexy or inspiring or very motivating. It implies doom. Which has everything to do with why they don’t work.Resolving to do something sounds very patriarchal. Rigid. Without flexibility. In other […]
Gratitude Does Not Need A Holiday
As far as holidays go, Thanksgiving ranks among my favorite. There’s no pressure to buy gifts. No religious affiliation. No preparation besides the actual meal. Thanksgiving is easy. It’s about sitting around watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, pretending football is of any importance and […]
Where I Was The Day Kennedy Was Shot
It would be my stage debut in a Friday morning assembly in which my fourth-grade class would perform our play. The premise was that a martian comes to earth and an entire school class goes on a trip to Mars. A far fetched idea in 1963. A man had not yet landed on the Moon […]
What I Really Want
Monday was my birthday. I woke up at 4AM. Not on purpose. It just happened. Maybe it was the sound of the wind and the rain pounding against my window. But maybe not. In any case I found myself far too awake to linger in the cozy warmth of my bed. So I didn’t. It […]
Life Before The Smartphone
The other day I was gifted with some free time between appointments and wandered into the lobby of the W Hotel on Lexington. It was after 5 and hard to find a seat, even on a Tuesday. It was even harder to find one person who was not distracted or occupied with an electronic device. Including […]
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