CAN YOU SEE ME NOW?
I have often imagined taking to the air, gliding on high, suspended in flight. What whimsy, all that dipping and fluttering… downright thrilling! On the ...
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GLITTER MAY BE OUR ONLY OPTION
Dearest 2024: as you are drawing to a close it would be ungracious of me not to let you know how keenly aware I am ...
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A SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T RELY ON CUP SIZE
Lately I've been thinking about how best to maneuver through this next chapter of life with my dearest gal pals. I love my girlfriends. I ...
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MY EARHOLES ARE EXHAUSTED
I am sounding off. Now, I must preface this little rant by letting it be known that I thoroughly enjoy engaging in a back-and-forth tête-à-tête, ...
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FLEEING THE COOP
“Is my mom going to be okay when I leave for college?” This must be the refrain of all those lovely children leaving for college. ...
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I SEE DEAD PEOPLE
Squished on the couch, semi-fetal, covered eyes peeking through fingers, lying in wait for the next thing to scare the bejesus out of us - ...
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IT HIIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS
Doctors tell you the darnedest things. When all we really want to hear is normal, negative, harmless, innocuous, benign and no biggie. Recently my endocrinologist ...
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I SAY CHAROSES, YOU SAY CHAROSET
My annual repost and update for Passover: What could be better than my beloved family (my mishpocheh) gathered ‘round, raising our glasses (again and again ...
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self-REFLECTION
A shiny surface attracts my attention. Now that I am  face-to-face, eyeball-to-eyeball, mano a mano ... do I like what I see? Is it a ...
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A JEW AND A METHODIST WALK INTO A BAR
I have a husband. And I have had him for going on 46 years. (A bit longer in the biblical sense… but who’s counting?) It ...
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BAD TIMING
I am a “reluctant ager” - at least that’s what I have concocted as part of my so-called identity. My identity as a putting on ...
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