I love the beginning of the school year — even though I have no direct involvement anymore. No back-to- school clothes; no school supplies to buy; nothing to do……. except this—re-post one of my favorites: I don’t do back-to school shopping any more—but I still sense the educational expectations and emotions that arise every September. The [...]
I’m visiting friends who live a few hours away—which brings back the sights and smells of other summers when my kids were small. Before I knew we’d ever relocate to Carmel, my kids and I spent a couple summers down the coast near San Luis Obispo. For city folks, this was our first introduction to [...]
As if it isn’t hard enough when a woman starts feeling over the hill…. today’s fashion icons aren’t even teenagers yet. Here’s the latest kid to be labelled a style setter—Sasha Obama. She’s following in the fashion footsteps of Madonna’s daughter Lola— who has her own clothing line…. Will Smith’s daughter Willow— who has her [...]
This is the payoff for all the sleepless night and poopy diapers; the moments you’re filled with pride and joy —watching your pride and joy. There’s a great Yiddish word for it: nachas. I bet Chelsea Clinton heard that word today. She walked down the aisle right around the same time my son Daniel walked down the aisle [...]
I have to confess, I”m superstitious. I try not to be; but it’s hard not to be. Especially in July. It’s impossible to ignore my July 4 litany. And today is part of the July Jinx, Part 2. It’s our 16th anniversary (sort of). You have to read this to get what I mean….
Those messages I sometimes get from the universe….. well, this one came written in capital letters on the front of a book: If You Knew Suzy….. It’s the first selection of a new online book club I joined. Though the club doesn’t want us to do reviews, I’ll say this: I wish I had written [...]
I don’t follow soccer; but I have a personal connection to the World Cup. V and I had some negative karma surrounding our wedding 16 years ago. To top it off, I had no idea we had planned our wedding on the day of the World Cup finals. I only found out during our reception [...]
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For anyone like me who’s ever lived in Florida, you don’t need me to identify this. For anyone who hasn’t, this is a good reason to stay out of the entire state. It’s a Palmetto bug—and the name sounds a lot cuter than it is. Basically, they’re cockroaches on steroids. Unlike cockroaches in other states, [...]
On Father’s Day I got to connect with the fathers in my family —except the one who matters most. The Patriarch. That’s what we called him—in life and even in death. It’s inscribed on his gravestone. And it suits him. He was a mentor to many; taking care of everyone from extended family to employees [...]
There’s a lot of finger pointing lately aimed at helicopter parents—guilt served up by a new study indicating their children grow up to be neurotic (there’s a real scientific breakthrough….). The flip side is Free Range parenting, personified by the Manhattan mom attacked as “the Worst Mother in the World” after she let her 9 year old son [...]
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