Your priorities when it comes to the work-life juggle? A collision of conflicts?
Recipe for Poisson Chat (Catfish) “Sauvage”
A wild cat? A wild catfish? Another in the series of “Sauvage” recipes? Eh oui, as there was no bubble bath yesterday, there was no magical apparition of a masseuse to soothe the throbbing Writer’s-Back-and-Neck, and there was no time taken to unwind over the glossy pages of Elle. But there was wine over whining, […]
Weekend Spa Delights?
Are you in need of weekend relaxation at home? A touch of the spa? I know I am, but spa, chez moi. And sadly, there is no masseuse on staff. (No staff at all!) So I’m pondering a Do-It-Yourself approach with whatever options I may have available. For example, there is Plan A, the luxurious […]
Reckoning With Stress and Mess (My Therapy Is Rhyme)
There’s nothing like the end of week to give yourself a fright. Aghast, the mirror whispers: You really are a sight. It’s Friday and you’re thankful. You find you’re taking stock. Would that you could slow the minutes… maybe stop the clock. You’re feeling oh-so ragged. You wonder why that is. You think about your […]
Mailing to a Dead Woman
A strange mailing. A mystery.
Recovering
Recovery. It’s a term we use when we set out to retrieve something gone missing, hoping to find it. It’s a term we employ following loss or illness, hoping to regain ourselves, battling back – or through – physical and emotional turmoil. We speak of recovery when talking about relationships – the process of […]
Next Logical Steps
Must all dating lead to marriage? Expectations that post-divorce dating leads to remarriage.
Listing
When lists turn from tools into torture devices…
Big Ideas
Who doesn’t want to be a visionary? Who doesn’t want to be known for big ideas – the sort that inspire a community, or better yet, a nation? In today’s Sunday New York Times, an editorial by Thomas L. Friedman, “It’s Still Halftime in America,” speaks to the need for long-term vision in the context […]
Once in a Blue Moon
I remember watching Moonstruck many years ago, with its stunning, jaw-dropping moon that hung like a brilliant disk in the night sky. It was the perfect touch in a quirky film populated by eccentric characters, as they pieced together their unusual love lives. But once in a blue moon (if we’re lucky), the stars seem […]