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May 2023
David Hockney; Inspiration Never Visits the Lazy
I watched a YouTube video of the artist, David Hockney over the weekend. He was answering questions people sent in on Twitter. “Do you find the current…
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Invader Got in Through the Grocery Bag
Invader in my house. It was terrible. I’m not sure, but I think he got in through a grocery bag, hiding underneath the grapes, turmeric, coconut milk…
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Roddie Edmonds; A Memorial Day Inspiration
A story from Humans of Judaism appeared on my LinkedIN feed the other day. Here it is. Roddie Edmonds was a Master Sergeant in the United States Army…
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Memorial Day.
It’s here again. Memorial Day, 2023. I always called my Uncle Gerry on Memorial Day to thank him for his service. He died a few years ago, and I miss…
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Tina Turner & Me
I recently read that you are the sum total of the five people you spent the most time with. I’ve thought a lot about that idea, and have since created a…
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70 and Out of Gas
My friend Sue and I are on parallel roads toward—wellness? Or is it ‘certainty' we are seeking? Or purpose? Forgiveness? All of the above? I can’t say…
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For A Brief Moment, I was Worth a Lot of Money
By day, I am an entrepreneur and write on surrounding business matters, with a focus on women in business. Occasionally I will repost something on my…
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My Mom
It’s Mother’s Day again, and every year, I read my blog post to my mom when she died eleven years ago. November, 2011 My mom died. I haven’t written my…
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Flickering Lights
Thirty years ago. I am standing at the window of an apartment on the twenty-third floor of the San Remo, one of the amazing old buildings on Central…
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King Charles. And Recognizing Me.
“I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be.” —Joan Didion On July 29, 1981, I woke up all four of my stepchildren in the middle of…
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I Identify as 'Me.'
Let me begin by saying that for a long time I found all this “identifying gender”—he, she, her, him, it, they—to be… well, confusing? So much so that I…
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