Darryle Pollack | I never signed up for this...
confessions of a cluttered mind
His birthday is this week; and we were planning an event to celebrate him. Our daughter Alli said she imagined it as a surprise party —and wanted to make sure that he would love everything about it. A couple months have gone by; memories of his pain and suffering have faded. Still it can be [...]
Pictures tell the stories of our lives—as these do, starting with this one. Not everyone has a photograph to memorialize the moment a love story started. I do– because Mel Brooks was there when Howard and I met—and also came along on our first date a few hours later. We spent the whole [...]
Every mother gets these words—and every mother will get this post which is a perfect example of how true these words are. Actually I wrote it almost two years ago but felt too superstitious to publish it. ( I still feel a little superstitious but I’m posting it anyway. ) Here’s the email [...]
It’s a day for love…to the tune of an estimated $18 billion dollars. That’s a lot of hearts and flowers. (And a lot of chocolate.) I never come close to spending the national average of $116 per person— but I’m still sentimental, and I want the people I love to know it. So if you [...]
I drove home from Los Angeles, drained by the past weeks. Howard was gone, but he was everywhere around me. In my car, which he had helped me buy a few months ago. On the road itself, the 300 miles between Los Angeles and Carmel that he had driven countless times over the years, coming [...]
I’m at a loss —for words and so much more. There’s never been such a long gap on my blog; and there’s never been such a huge hole in my heart—- due to losing Howard, my ex-husband, father of my 2 children, in many ways my closest friend in the world— who died two days [...]
Today is my husband’s birthday—and I think he deserves this in exchange for letting me say anything I want about him on this blog. 10 birthday thanks 1. You’re smart enough to believe I’m smarter than you. 2. You are unfailingly loving to my children and supportive of my relationship and theirs with my ex-husband. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My brother is a doctor, not an idiot. But after growing up as the only boy with two older sisters, I have a feeling he could relate to the movie. I sure did. Real life provides even more compelling sibling stories—comic AND tragic—and I don’t mean the Kardashians. It’s fascinating to observe how patterns and relationships [...]
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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