A long, long time ago I used the restroom in the Port Authority Station in New York city and I left traumatized. I was not traumatized because it was filthy or that I thought I saw a rat as big as my feet. I was not traumatized because […]
In my news feed this morning, I read story after story of how one person or another was walking back their latest comment. I say something, you say something and we all walk it back. Does this sit well with the masses? Its like we are left with […]
I’m a lucky mom. My son means the world to me and he knows it. He goes out into the world secure of my love. I feel happiness in that thought. His birthday was two weeks ago and we’ve been celebrating it the last two weeks culminating in […]
Since I first saw the movie Silence of the Lambs, I wanted to be a a superhero. I know that Clarice was an FBI agent and not a superhero in the comicbook sense of the word. But to me she was a hero. I too could hear the […]
The universe, as well as Hollywood films, is filled with stories of two individuals who grew up in similar circumstances yet widely diverged in how they went forward in life. In Hollywood, one becomes good and the other evil. It is a completely worn out trope. To […]
Despite my recent (well over five years now) lack of movie theatre outings, I love movies. Although, since I am slightly snobby about it all, I should note I love film. I love old school screwball comedies such as Bringing Up Baby and old film noirs such as […]
I’m going to start off with a cliché. Time flies. And clichés are based in part on reality. I stare at my son’s newborn pictures and can’t wrap my head around the fact that he is growing up. He just started third grade. When he wears sneakers his […]
I remember hearing before I had my son, that once you had kids, you couldn’t travel as much. Sure, there is such a thing as a school schedule but travel is not so limited. And let me tell you traveling with a kid is actually fun . Well, […]
Nearly eight years ago, I started watching the television on mute with closed caption. I took on, what was for me, a strange way of watching television, when my son was born. And it stuck. Even when alone nowadays, I watch television with the sound off. There is […]
She didn’t have much in life. She had a few knick knacks that she had salvaged from a store fire. The store owners had been despondent at their loss. She was despondent in life in general. They pitied her and gave her their burnt merchandise (that which […]