There’s a couple that live in the house behind ours who are about our age and never had kids. Because of how the houses are situated and separated by fences, we don’t really share a neighborhood with them and we only see them from afar with the occasional wave and hello, but have never really […]
Thank You, Albert Einstein and Google!
I’ve been feeling very overwhelmed with all the things I’m trying to do and learn. In addition to running a household with 2 teens, a dog, a cat, a husband and a consulting practice, I’m trying very hard to learn how to master all the various types of social media. Image: © iQoncept – Fotolia.com […]
The Obligatory Oscar Night Top 10 Recap!
Last night was The 2014 Academy Awards and I personally felt they were better than they’ve been in the last few years. Here are my top 10 highlights: 1. Ellen Degeneres as host. Ellen was fun, playful and interactive, going down into the audience frequently to engage with the famous and glitterati with no compunction. […]
We’ll Always Have Paris
Last spring break I went to Paris for the first time. With my (then) 17 year old daughter. To share the magnitude of this with you, please know that I’ve dreamed of going to Paris all my life and for lots of reasons (none really valid, but all very rational) I had never been. After […]
10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was In My 30’s
Lately I’ve been thinking about how wise I’ve become. If you haven’t snort laughed yet, you should. I would never have referred to myself as the wise type. But, now that I’m in my 50’s (God, how old that sounds), I am a whole lot wiser than I was in my 30’s and 40’s. Here’s […]
My Review Of ‘The Interestings’ by Meg Wolitzer
I recently read “The Interestings” by Meg Wolitzer. Be forewarned that I wasn’t immediately drawn in; it took a while before the story grabbed me, but once I found the rhythm of her writing, I became engrossed with the characters, who are well defined and quite, as the title suggests, interesting. The story is a […]