Darryle Pollack | I never signed up for this...
confessions of a cluttered mind
Did you make New Year’s resolutions? I like the concept-–the approach of a shiny new year full of unlimited possiiblity and potential—unspoiled by problems and pressures…. which lasts until 12:01. But I don’t like the reality: every time I made a resolution to cut back on chocolate, it lasted approximately until 12:02. The real problem [...]
#1. I’m Jewish. So actually I have no business writing about Christmas. Or confessions. #2. I grew up in a kosher home. We also hung stockings and got presents Christmas morning. #3. My husband is Christian. But he claims he doesn’t mind that we don’t have a Christmas tree. #4. I always yearned for a Christmas [...]
The first time my daughter tried to cook latkes she ended up with a fireball. Which proves beyond a doubt she shares my DNA. Both Jewish drama queens with a genetic mutation–Alli and I come from a long line of Jewish mothers who can’t cook. I had one Jewish grandmother who burned everything and one who never [...]
I can’t stand by while he’s being skewered without saying a few words with friends. It’s no secret how I feel about him.. So. About this flap on the plane. (If you didn’t hear about it, read this ) Then again, has anyone NOT heard about it? I can’t abandon him when he’s under attack. I can’t blame [...]
I never signed up for this….. I don’t often repeat those words though they sum up so much of what I blog about. This includes the post I recently wrote about my ex-husband Howard, his illness, and his girlfriend Dina; and it also includes most of my life since Thanksgiving. Before we’d even digested the [...]
…Because you might not realize that fashion can be bad for your health. Seriously. (Disclaimer: I have no stats or scientific studies to prove this. Just read this post and decide for yourself. ) The thing is, we’re living in a time of incredible progress; when the world changes in nano seconds. In hospitals, where [...]
Whether or not you have a sweet tooth, (personally I have an entire mouthful of sweet teeth), there’s nothing that tastes sweeter than giving thanks. So maybe that’s why the most important Thanksgiving tradition for me is not poultry but pumpkin. And that’s why it’s become a tradition on my blog to post something [...]
Do you think you have a book in you? (Doesn’t everyone?) I thought I did. When I was 13. That’s when I started writing my first—and last –novel. I wrote 30 very unremarkable pages about summer camp. If you went to camp with me, you’re probably in it. I’m sure it’s still around someplace in [...]
The name sounds like a Beach Boys song or a mythical concept—-and in a sense that’s what it is: a mythical place within a mythical place. Palm trees. Balmy tropical weather. Adjacent to a golf course. Just a few blocks from the beach and the Atlantic Ocean. Glitzy glamourous resorts like the Fontainebleau [...]
This post is very difficult to write and not what you would expect. And not what I would expect. I’m not even sure where to start; so I’ll start with an end—the end of my marriage to the man who is the father of my two children. People are usually surprised when they learn about [...]
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.
The knobs say it all: Susan is the super-hero inside every woman. Made of ceramic knobs, hand–painted tiles, on a painted background. Measures 12″ X 12″ .
It's the combination, of course. And the locks will open for the right person---(to be revealed on the back when you take her home.) Made of combination locks and hand-painted tiles on a painted background. Measures 14" by 14".
Pun intended. A nice pair---of pears...made of miniature porcelain boxes, surrounded by painted tiles and broken china on a painted background. Measures 11" square.
Hope: not only on her driver’s license, but in her heart. Ceramic ribbon, hand-painted tiles on a painted background, measures 9 inches square.
Word surrounded by hand-painted tiles in bright and beautiful (gold and marine blue) colors, with border of tiny gold tiles. Measures 11" square.
True beauty lies in the imperfections. Irregular mirror surrounded by hand-painted tiles with a border of ceramic tiles. Measures 11" square.
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