KEEPING IT TRILL*
I recently read a study claiming learning new things can make older adults' brains 30 years younger in just 6 weeks... isn't that fantastic? It ...
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I TRY TO DO IT WITH MY EYES CLOSED
I am a GREAT sleeper. I can sleep through all versions of booms, crashes and thunders. And I can sleep just about ANYWHERE. This is ...
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I SAY GOODBYE AND I SAY HELLO
Buh-bye 2022. Hello gorgeous! THAT’S YOU 2023. Are you listening? I know you are oft depicted as a naked baby with a beauty queen sash, ...
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OY, DO I NEED TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU?
HAPPY CHANUKAH!! On second thought should I write Hanukkah?  Maybe Hanukah? OR alternatively… Hannukah, Chanuka, Hanuka, Channukah, Chanukka, Hanukka, Hannuka, Hannukkah? Another option: Channukkah. That’s ...
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WHO INVITED THE OLD PEOPLE TO MY REUNION?
As my 50th high school reunion was rapidly approaching I reluctantly read through the enthusiastic posts on the Facebook group thingy. “I’m counting down the days!”, “oooh ...
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THE EVOLUTION OF MY BAZOOMS
It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! I’ve been aware of breasts ever since I eyeballed those beauties in my cousins’ Playboy magazines. Fascinating and mystifying ...
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WHOLLY MOLY MATRIMONY
No lace, zero doodads, no shiny doohickeys, not a single pouf… Simple, simple, SIMPLE. That is what I announced as I headed into David’s Bridal ...
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FANTA-down-SIZING
A cool breeze flows through the open window. It wafts throughout the interior of the room as sultry rhythms make love to my ears. The ...
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WHO NEEDS SIX FLAGS WHEN YOU HAVE A TILT-A-WHIRL IN YOUR HEAD
I bellied up to the bar, leaned in toward my favorite bartender and ordered an old-fashioned, a Kamikaze, a Bazooka Joe and for good measure… ...
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MY DAD WAS A FLAMENCO DANCER
… and an opera singer, a detective, a novelist, an FBI agent, a tap dancer, a spy. Or so he told countless people he came ...
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