Even during a pandemic, my life has been anything but boring. So much motion within and outside my body – I can barely grip onto firm ground. That explains why, at 4am, I was lying in bed thinking. Thinking about balance and how to hold onto it through the wind tunnel I’m in. Feng shui, also known as […]
Digging Through the Past – Have we Learned Anything?
Have we Learned Anything?
‘Livin in a Fantasy World – My Annual Appeal
So far, I’ve been lucky – no Covid-19 in my family or in me. We’ve been careful, not psycho, although I fully understand psycho. I’ve had that luxury, because I live in a fantasy land, both literally and figuratively. I live with a constant threat of my primary peritoneal cancer, otherwise known as ovarian cancer, starting another forest […]
My Carbon Footprint
I just filled a dumpster with 35 years of my life. That’s what it’s all boils down to, landfill, the eye-popping measure of my carbon footprint. Yes, we decided to take that pivotal plunge. We’ve hit that age when we no longer need the big house in the burbs to raise the kids or host gargantuan parties. We’re […]
Refuge in a World on Edge
My husband and I have been hibernating, I mean quarantining, at our lake home in northern New Jersey. It is a peaceful, bucolic setting and a perfect place to play make believe while the world is on edge fighting a horrible pandemic. We’re not exactly hibernating. He’s working remotely, Zooming away, as many hours (or more) than he […]
And I Thought it was Only Me
I haven’t written a great deal about the book I’m working on, Tillie’s Story (temporary title). Typically, writing my blog has been a detour to get me out of a writing rut – an escape from my immersion in the late 1800’s – or when I need to come up for air. I follow a few writers’ Facebook […]
Exfoliation in Times of Pandemic
I know, this is a dicey topic and ordinarily, I’d take a pass, but this morning was simply unforgettable. Today we greeted the first, truly sustainably warm weather of late spring. It was the type of day we turn over our closets, switching to summer clothes, and eye those shorts and bathing suits knowing we have to tidy […]
Bloomingdales Must Think I Expired!
I have a personal relationship with Bloomingdales. As a little girl, I shopped there with my mother – combing the sales racks, looking for special occasion garments, greeting our favorite saleswomen and of course eating lunch or an afternoon coffee in the restaurant – always sharing a slice of something insanely delicious. We both grew, and eventually shifted […]
Ikebana Scissors and my Husband’s Haircut
No, sigh, this is not my husband – my husband’s much better looking than this! Alas, in the days of isolation, we are all looking pretty shaggy. My hair has more shades of brown and blond than I’d care to admit – and definitely some grays thrown in. As for my hundred dollar coif, oy…. we can forget […]
What’s Your Pandemic Project?
Stay inside for a couple of weeks – no problem! I have lots to do. I’ve been living in my home for over 30 years and could have a project every day for a year. I have crap everywhere – in the attic and basement, kids’ old closets, drawers – you name it! And now that we’re into […]