Are you a former people pleaser? Still struggling with the all-powerful “no?”
On Meaningful and Memorable Words
On memorable stories, characters, and authors. Philip Roth, retiring at 80.
“Leaving to Survive”
When marriage becomes a battlefield, how long do we put up the good fight?
What (and Who) Gets Left Behind?
Dealing with what is left undone…
Alice’s Restaurant
Online shopping is easy… But it’s important to exercise care.
Notes on the Times
On moving, on thinking, on perspectives for our times.
Grand Central Station and Apple Sharlotka
I’ve started to write. Repeatedly. Since this morning. I’m here (but I’m not), I’m typing (with interruptions), my mind is running through its series of checklists. It’s Grand Central Station, though it’s relatively quiet. There was music making into the night. There were assorted college kids who have come and gone. The car keys are […]
Clean Up
There are those who look forward to the “loot” on a gift-giving holiday (they hope to clean up), and the rest of us who wearily scrub counter tops (and bathrooms), pack away clutter (anywhere we can), resort to last minute maneuvers (piles pushed under beds), and an assortment of small house emergency organizing tactics – […]
Nice Guys, Great Grandmothers, Moving Memories (In No Particular Order)
Memories and models.
Fiddling
He considered himself a fiddler, a military man, and I knew him as a wonderful storyteller. His passion for life was contagious, but his greatest passion was for music. For some reason, I’ve been thinking about my grandfather this weekend. Perhaps it’s because I’m planning on fiddling around, just a little. ‘Tis the season to […]