Faithful readers may recall that last week I was traveling through the Scottish Highlands with my husband and his friend (Almost Elaine?, 9.1.11). When I got home, I looked up the Highlands on Wikipedia, and according to that highly reliable source, the area is “one of the most sparsely populated in Europe. The average population… Read more »
(written while watching the MSNBC Reagan Library Republican presidential candidate debate) An Ode to Underwear: Living Underwear. Sustainable Underwear. Can you live without Underwear? Dive under some Underwear. Down under Underwear. Organic Underwear. Rick Perry Underwear. Underwear on fire. Successful Underwear. Living the dream Underwear. I love underwear. Some people don’t have Underwear. Support Underwear… Read more »
The DOE public health nurses Speech: The power in sharing our stories which may lead to a resurgence in motivating others. On a sun filled Friday morning, my day began just as any other day would. I ready myself for work and made my way into the city. The only difference of that day would… Read more »
You don’t even have to really say just what you’re referring to. In the months, the weeks and even the days leading up this week, just about everyone I know has given me a recount of where they were ten years ago. Ten years ago – when life as we know it changed. Ten years… Read more »
“Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.” Is our economy really becalmed? Were we pissing in the wind pumping trillions… Read more »
Last Friday night I flew to Scotland to see a play that my husband directed for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The plan was to stay in Edinburgh for the final three performances and then spend a week exploring the rest of the country with my husband and the playwright, a man who also happens to… Read more »
New York City’s Extreme Weather: The City takes action was it overemphasized or acted upon appropriately? Early Friday morning, I had the pleasure of chatting with a friend who really informed of what a big deal Hurricane Irene could be. Before talking with him I do not think I gave much thought to what a… Read more »
Three trees within four feet of each other visually struck me. The sight caused a thread of thought about life, living and the progressive cycle of being I have contemplated from that day to this moment. The elder tree stood tallest with trunk and branches above the others. It’s brown and crumpled leaves dangled in… Read more »
Geeezz…. What’s happening? All of these things are supposed to happen elsewhere!! Earthquakes? That’s so west coast. Hurricanes? That’s a southern thing. But we have BOTH! So what’s up? New York has long maintained that it is the city that can handle anything. Well, be careful what you ask for. Maybe that’s the issue. A… Read more »
I had a genuine Sex and the City weekend. I went to Atlantic City with my three best girlfriends (real-life translation: my husband’s five girl cousins). The initial plan was to take Richard Wright’s private jet, but due to unforeseen circumstances I had to catch the bus (real-life translation: the initial plan was to take… Read more »
