It works every time. Ten tips for this. Ten things you don’t know. It gets your attention, doesn’t it? Yesterday I came across 10 Things a Man Should Know About Marriage. The fact that this series of snippets was directed at men? That made it even more irresistible – advice offered to guide the guys […]
How to get a sexy loaner… car
“We see this in the elderly,” he says, working intently on his paperwork. He’s 25, maybe 27. Excuse me? “The elderly. They don’t drive their cars enough. So the battery is compromised.” I know it’s early. I know I need coffee. I know even Christian Dior didn’t help much this particular morning. Do I look […]
Imagine. . .
Can you imagine a better world? There was an entire generation that dared to do just that. To imagine a different world. A better one. I am part of that generation. Our legacy of images and music from the late 1960s and early 1970s stands. It persists even in contemporary consciousness. It was a troubled […]
Timing is everything
Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking… Trying to wake the kid. Rushing to get his lunch made. Hoping the car will start. Scrambling to get things done hours earlier than usual, and “usual” is pretty damn early. Crossing my fingers that I make it to the dealership. Pleading for no traffic. Counting on that loaner. […]
Starting Over, Over and Over
I ask myself: How many times must I learn the same lesson? And I answer: As many as it takes. I ask myself: How many times must I start over? And I answer: As many as opportunity allows. Starting over I find myself starting over – again. Small things. Big things. And of course, simultaneously. […]
Silence is Golden, Sort Of
No need to dress. No need to drive. No need to cook – heating a frozen dinner in the microwave was just fine. And not one word. No need to speak at all, for 36 hours. Bliss. Yesterday was my first day off in two months. No parenting, no worrying, no checking a clock or […]
The view from where I sit
It is not the day of her passing, though my mother is much on my mind. She is here, as I pad around the house to the ticking of the wall clock that brings me back to mornings in her kitchen. Today, I write from a chair I rarely use. It is most often the […]
As plain as the nose on my face
It’s been bumpy around Ye Olde Homestead of late. Cycles of teen stress, silence, a talk, followed by improvement. Two or three days later, the cycle repeats. Fortunately, I have plenty of shoe dye for the gray hair. And far more patience than I ever realized. I also have a usual go-to solution. A great […]
Linger in a pleasing dream? Why not?
When you’re a challenged sleeper, even 30 more minutes of sleep can make the difference between an energized day and a long, difficult one. And when you love to dream, the idea that you could extend and linger in your cunningly conspiratorial unconscious is delicious, isn’t it? Yesterday I came across a Woman’s Day article […]
A beautiful day for… US Open Tennis
It’s a sunny day in New York City. Not too hot. A bit of wind. And eyes on US Open Tennis. The semi-finals (Roger Federer, Novac Djokovic) and later, the Women’s Finals (Kim Clijsters, Vera Zvonareva). What happened to Roger in the second set? After a vigorous first (Federer, 7-5), the second seemed to slip […]