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Why We Need To Laugh More, Even When Things Are Tough

When I was in junior high school I had a friend who was a Jehovah’s Witness. Being raised Greek Orthodox in a predominately Jewish neighborhood, I knew nothing about the Jehovah’s Witness beliefs. All I knew is that my friend carried her bible with her everywhere and told me the world was going to end […]

Maybe It’s Just Writing The Next Chapter

According to the Labor Department, a record 4.5 million American workers quit or changed their jobs in November. One doesn’t need to look at a lot of data to figure out the reasons why, one just needs to pay attention. What we’ve gone through collectively as a planet these last two years is extraordinary. The […]

Practice May Not Make Perfect, But It Makes Something

Somewhere along the line, I fell out of the habit of blogging regularly. But then again, I seem to have fallen out of the habit of writing regularly. There are a lot of things I want to write, projects that are taking up space in my head, but somehow they never get around to making […]

The Dream I Fulfilled Ten Years Ago Today

Ten years ago today I fulfilled a dream. I became a published author. From the time I was a little girl, I found solace in writing. I was very shy – something people who meet me today, refuse to believe but I assure you was true. Back then it was easier for me to express […]

What I Will #NeverForget – Nor Should I

I sit here with a view of lower Manhattan, the place where the Twin Towers once stood and I try to imagine as I have many times since I moved across the Hudson what it must have been to stand in this spot on 9/11, that fateful day, over twenty years ago. The city feels […]

How Getting on a Plane for the First Time Since the Pandemic Helped Me to Gain Perspective

There was a time when this all came easily to me, but not this time. This time I had not been on a plane in almost two years, since before the pandemic began. This time not only was I out of practice, I was skeptical. Should I even risk it? What if I was on […]