I am a proud mama. My son just received citizen student of the month award at his school. He was the first one in his grade to receive it this year and it was a complete surprise to him. We had received a letter from the school notifying […]
We have 75 more days left in the year of 2016 and it has been a wild, wild ride thus far. It has felt at times like we were adrift in the great ocean in just a little kayak in which to survive. And we still have […]
A week ago the world heard that the Brangelina coupling was uncoupling. Vogue magazine noted that their uncoupling signaled “the day love died.” Oh my, that’s heavy. Brangelina had been together for 12 years, with two of those years being ones in which they were married. Just goes […]
Life, commentary, gender
You are with a group of friends or with a loved one enjoying a beautiful scenery. You take a photograph together for the fun of it. You take a photograph to remember and to commemorate the moment. You take a photo because you can now. You can go […]
The (not-so-funny) comedian Joy Behar recently commented on the Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan rift, by noting that Kelly has no real reason to be angry at being “blindsided”. She noted that is the way show business works. Perhaps that is true. I’m not in show business. […]
People thought she was a bit wacky in how she always brought up the movie “Being John Malcovitch“. It was a great movie. It had John Malcovitch in it who is a god. He had been so brilliant in Dangerous Liaisons that his greatness just rubbed […]
Honestly, who hasn’t wanted to dance in the rain? The Purple Rain? As a child, I dreamt of laughing, running and enjoying grand moments in a purple rainstorm. Such a vision was courtesy of Prince. That was Prince. He invoked new synesthesia-like sensations. My mom thought Prince was too […]
Have you ever sat in a room and just stared ahead unable to move your face into a smile? By 3pm I often can’t even formulate words let alone put a smile together. I often push through such a state of being. I manage to fake […]
Ok. I am going to ‘fess up. I curse. I am a woman. I am not embarrassed that I curse. On occasion, I say bad words. I used to have a boss that would get mad -or rather perturbed- when I cursed. Sure, as a boss one […]
