I’ve had birthdays on the brain lately…..Not only mine but my friend Carol’s birthday, and my mother’s. We all have birthdays on the brain. Whether you’re going to a surprise party for a friend… planning a birthday party for your toddler…. scarfing down a piece of cake with your co-workers…. or fearful about facing the [...]
Don’t come too close
September 29, 2009 By 7 Comments
You know that feeling when you feel so sick you can’t remember how it felt to feel normal and your whole head hurts like someone’s pressing on it from the inside…and you aren’t sure your neck can hold it up….and you drag yourself out of bed and look in the mirror and if your throat [...]
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small stuff and signs
September 28, 2009 By 5 Comments
I haven’t read the book. Maybe I should. I know why it’s sold so many copies. Because it’s true. It’s also true that although most stuff is small, often those little things help you see the big things. Like today. It’s Yom Kippur—meant to be a day for contemplation; looking ahead and hoping to be a better [...]
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Sometimes love is playing hard to get
September 26, 2009 By 6 Comments
You know how magical it feels when you fall in love. Once the love affair starts, you want nothing else. You can’t get enough. You get totally addicted attached. Hopefully you’ll live together happily ever after. But some love affairs don’t quite work out. Once you are completely dependent for your happiness and personal wellbeing….sometimes you [...]
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Amazing Grace
September 25, 2009 By 10 Comments
I’m constantly astounded by all the formulas and fillers and surgeries and suction and other stuff women do in desperation to drink every last drop from the fountain of youth. So it was a rare treat recently to see a woman on a movie screen who’s over a certain age—and actually looks it. It’s NOT a surprise [...]
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art therapy
September 24, 2009 By 2 Comments
First there was Celebrity death watch. Then killing granny. ……even though I promised to lighten up. OK. So I need a little blog- lift. And I know just the ticket—a foolproof cure for the blues. Absolutely NOTHING lifts my spirits more. Of course I’m talking about…. chocolate…. creativity. If I could provide chocolate, I [...]
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Laughing all the way to the grave
September 23, 2009 By 7 Comments
Disclaimer: Just for the record: For the most part, I think our president walks on water— and god forbid I ever say anything that makes Sarah Palin sound sensible. Last night I laughed along with President Obama and David Letterman at the mention of the words “death panels”. Ironically, just hours before Obama appeared on [...]
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lighten up
September 22, 2009 By 3 Comments
For a few days there I felt like I was writing daily obits. I really felt the need for things to lighten up. And as it tends to do, the universe provides. Goats. Tambourines. (Amazingly enough, at lunch today, I actually saw ANOTHER lady playing the tambourine.) But I don’t think things could “lighten up” more [...]
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sign of the Times
September 20, 2009 By 9 Comments
Another sign from the universe….speaking to me via this picture on the front page of today’s New York Times. Those are goats, eating garbage in Cairo. (You can read that story here.) MY story started at BlogHer this summer, when I met a woman named Margaret, who writes a funny blog called Nanny Goats in Panties. [...]
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Jewish New Year: version 57.70
September 19, 2009 By 4 Comments
Just in time for the holidays… a new version of Twitter— designed for the only person in your life who really wants to know everything you do all day.
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After becoming a writer, artist, TV journalist, mother and breast cancer survivor----I realize nothing turns out the way we expect. So I blog about handling the big and little things — with humor, humanity, and hope.
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