It was a cold day in December when my son and daughter-in-law were visiting. I told them to take a few hours to themselves and I would watch the kids – ages 5 and 3. We baked cookies, watched a show on tv, did an art project but I was running out of activities and… Read more »
Here is an excerpt from my upcoming book: Kids and puddles go well together. Jumping, skipping, and hopping in puddles in unbridled playfulness is a child’s domain. Adults don’t splash in a puddle. They jump over it. They protect themselves from it. Kids go through it, pause and feel the sensual pleasure, splash for the… Read more »
My mother can talk with anyone. I left her sitting on a bench at a flower show while I got her coat and when I returned she had made a friend. She talks to people on airplanes and asks people in upscale restaurants why they ordered what they did, disarming any notion of haughtiness or… Read more »
It was the day before I was going to Michigan to visit the kids. My friend texted, “Are you having fun getting ready for your trip?” I texted back, “I didn’t consider getting gas in the car or buying compression stockings for the plane fun, but okay, if I look at it differently I guess… Read more »
Let’s talk about embarrassment. I don’t know why, but it popped into my head a few days ago and I began to explore it. There seems to be an element of “other people” involved in being embarrassed. If you were on a deserted island with no other human being around and you were delightfully swinging… Read more »
My friend and I had some differences. They got exasperated in a phone call wrought with hurt feelings and misunderstood intentions. The more we talked the worse it got. It felt like pulling teeth from a gnarly ogre. Just plain ugly. We decided not to talk for a few days and let things settle. But… Read more »
Life is like a football game. You start in the middle and try to move the ball toward the goal. The quarterback trusts the halfback to receive as he intended, but there is a fumble, a recovery, an overthrow or missed opportunity. Maybe the pass just goes wild having lost its direction and focus. Betrayal,… Read more »
It’s a new year and you made a promise to yourself to exercise. You are so into it in January, February is a little too cold to go to the gym, come March and you forgot the passion that you had on that December night when your brain was foggy. Don’t stop!!! Any kind of… Read more »
When my friend and I were hiking last week we took pictures of each other enjoying the warm breeze, turning leaves and sun-sparkled water. She protested at first saying that she didn’t like how she looked in pictures, then acquiesced and allowed me to take them. The next day I sent her the pictures that… Read more »
Scientific breakthrough! Softer, more supple skin in two easy steps! This method has positively not been tested by anyone and does not meet any requirements for making this statement. The scientific basis is that I tried it twice in my bathroom and was excited to tell you about it. Here it is: Since face moisturizers… Read more »