It started with a little tickle... (or was it a little scratch?) in my throat. Ignore it. Within an hour, there was no denying. It was my winter cold 2016. By the time I gave it the attention it deserved, it had taken over. “Don't respect me? I'll show you!” What to do? Take zinc. Take vitamin C. Drink plenty of liquids. Starve it. Feed it. …
With the recent spate of deaths; Bowie, Rickman, Margulies, Frey, and now I've just heard of Bowie's drummer Griffin, founding member of Mott the Hoople, passed away on Monday, I find myself getting melancholy. I know that as we get older, time moves faster and statistically more deaths occur. Also, as I become more and more present and conscious, …
I was talking to a colleague the other day about my entrance into the world of networking many years ago. The theme of our conversation was that no one had taught either of us how. We just jumped in and figured out how to make it work. Of course, I was lucky to have the master networker as my mentor (you all know who I am talking about!) but not ev …
I am a big baby in two aspects of my life, my birthday (which I have already blogged about) and taking care of myself. As my husband who is a doctor will attest to, I very rarely go to the doctor (other than my annual check-ups) and, when I do, I complain incessantly. When I get sick, I revert to a whiney, whimpering ten year old girl. I’m …
I was so fortunate to experience a beautiful expression of love and commitment last night...Paul and Victoria's wedding. They shared their vows with their children and special friends reading lyrics from Yes, The Cure, Peter Gabriel and Led Zeppelin. Each one of their children spoke eloquently either at the wedding, the cocktail reception and the p …
My sister asked me if I could time travel in my present state would I like to go backward or forward. She chose going forward and said if things were not good at that future time she would "off" herself. I would chose going back to the 1950s. It's a classic case of if I knew then what I know now. I imagine Going to Yankee games as an adult as the …
Last weekend, Flo and I took our grandson, Jackson, to the Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden. For an hour or so, I looked at the world through the eyes of a three-year-old. I shared his amazement as the G-scale trains circled the reconstructions of the great sites of New York City, past the historical buildings and over the famous br …
I am searching for a new home. No, not a new apartment, a new Gotham home. My former home, the lovely Commerce group, had to fade away. So now I'm on the search. I asked Fred what his favorite group was. You know what he said. Monday I visited the MAD (Make A Difference) group, thanks to the encouragement of the wonderful Sonia Saleh (www.uplifting …
This past Sunday was the annual No Pants Subway Ride. That’s right, no pants. Subway riders in more than 60 cities around the world (including New York) and spanning 25 countries simultaneously drop and remove their pants and ride their respective subways. The event that started as a prank back in 2002 includes specific directions about where …
It started out as a fun Saturday evening. My husband and I met friends of ours for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. Our friends had never been to this particular restaurant and so they enjoyed being with us and exploring a new place. It happened at the end of what would have been a perfect evening. As we were finishing our coffee …
The Box is coming. It comes every year the same day, January 29th, Eve's birthday. It started about 15 years ago when a friend of hers got her a small birthday gift, like a box of cookies. When his birthday arrived in May, Eve put new gift wrap on the same box with the cookies and gave it back to him. The following January, he added a small presen …
It came up in a discussion. What are the seven wonders of the world? There are many lists and arguments to be had. First, there's the ancient wonders: The Great Pyramid of Egypt The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Statue of Zeus at Olympia The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Colossus of Rhodes The Lighthouse o …
Elvis would have been 81 today. I wrote my best poem, The King, about Elvis. I adored the early Elvis as he came up in synch with my teenage hormonal awakening. Then he had to go into the Army. I once had a momentary one on one exchange with him. It was in his post Army-Vegas period. My Damon Runyon father had taken me to Vegas as a coming of a …
It was several years ago. We had a few days left in Italy before our return flight to New York when we got a phone call from the airline that an airport strike was planned for noon the next day and we could catch an early flight to Paris. That would leave us with the whole day in Paris before our evening flight back to New York. We had it all p …
From the Huffington Post, 10 Ways To Have a Spritually Refreshing New Year Couldn't have made a better list myself. 1. Choose a word of the year. 2. Be grateful. 3. Attend a religious service or have your own spiritual celebration. 4. Take a mindfulness walk. 5. Write a letter to yourself. 6. Carry out one small act of kindness. 7. Make a "remem …
