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
Here is my annual repost and update for Passover: What could be better than my beloved family (my mishpocheh) gathered ‘round, raising our glasses (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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HELLO 2024, LET'S DO THIS!
What’s up with new year resolutions? Are they supposed to be aspirational or commitments we secretly know will be broken? I avoid them like the ...
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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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