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confessions of a cluttered mind
New York Times. December 27, 2009. Book Review Section. Top of page 15, with the review of Miami Babylon by Gerald Posner. When I saw this photo in today’s paper, a different title leaps to mind: This is Your Life. This is MY life. Miami Beach. The Shelborne Hotel. Collins Avenue and 18th Street. Another [...]
Years ago when I was a young mom living in Los Angeles, I associated crises with casseroles. It seemed as if whenever something serious happened, a group of women would circle the wagons around the woman in need of support— and magically, casseroles would appear at her door every night until the crisis passed. For a [...]
The Fontainebleau Hotel is the place to be in Miami Beach. The glamour and glitz are still over the top–even in the midst of an economic meltdown. Renovating the resort cost a billion dollars and featured Heidi Klum modeling lingerie for Victoria’s Secret. Somewhere Ben Novak is smiling. The Fontainebleau is back. In its heyday, it wasn’t just [...]
I was born a Democrat. Party affiliation was served along with the canned vegetables I was forced to eat for dinner. My first crush was on John Kennedy. I went to Washington to work for George McGovern against Nixon, and in the middle of chemotherapy I put on my wig and took my daughter to [...]
Maybe you just read, as I did, that U.S. beach volleyball star Kerry Walsh lost her gold wedding band in the sand during her match today. A team of volunteers combed through the sand with metal detectors and located it after a 20-minute search. For me that story had the immediate “ring” of truth. I [...]
There’s one member of my immediate family I haven’t yet mentioned on my blog. And when I say that she is an integral part of my life, I know millions of people understand what I mean because pets truly are part of the family. We love them the way we love our children (at some [...]
I’m ecstatic to report that V and I broke the anniversary curse–in fact, we’ve done a complete reversal. This time we chose a GOOD luck date–and I got the best possible anniversary gift–a clean PET scan. The perfect way to enter our 15th year of marriage. As I mentioned in my last blog, my first [...]
V and I were married 14 years ago today, on July 17, 1994. But we won’t be celebrating today. Because this is not our anniversary. Our wedding was pulled together on short notice. I was relocating from Los Angeles and chose July 17 so my kids could get settled before school started. With a mountain [...]
As I write this blog, my friend Dana is hauling herself up and down the hills of San Francisco to celebrate her 50th birthday. She’s in great company, with thousands of other participants on the Avon Walk, all of whom have raised money for breast cancer research. I feel really grateful to Dana, who is [...]
Although I’m Jewish, I don’t know much Yiddish. But I love the words I know, which perfectly capture things that the King’s English cannot begin to describe. Schlep. Schlemiel. Chutzpah. Chatchkes. Perfect words and impossible to imagine living without them. If Yiddish was still in use, maybe we would have words for other things equally [...]
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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