It is international woman’s day today: Although that is every day for me Everyday is a cause for celebration. Yes, that sounds a bit new age. I am, however, referring to the fact that these days every day is an official observation of a movement, illness or food. […]
Controlling the nerves even when sad When I got on a plane from New York to Spain when I was 16 I was nervous. I was scared of how I would fit in and how I would make my way there on my own. I boarded the […]
Letting Go of Things as you Move On: How do you Choose? I have now started in earnest to pack my suitcase and some boxes for my move back out to California. I move in a week and a half but I have known of this move for […]
The Kids are Alright but don’t let them fart in school or play with hand sanitizer: This week’s wacky news We are at the midpoint of January. We are now truly taken on 2015. What shall it bring? We all watched the news items where the local […]
Throwback Thursday Haiku: To look back one must learn Today I seek AWE The REAR view is for learning But MIND the future
It’s the New Year: I think I will now forgive my sixth grade teacher Ah, 2015 has come upon us. I am glossy-eyed and eager to get things hopping and skipping away. I read recently that Marky Mark-I mean Mark Wahlberg the former Calvin Klein turned respectable […]
Today is a day My Mom Would Have Loved My mother loved, with ALL CAPS, loved April Fool’s Day. She looked forward to that day more than most other holidays. She had a bit of a prankster streak in her; which was passed onto me. I totally love […]
Finding Warmth in the Winter Wonderland of Berlin: It’s all in a Boy’s Eye I have a love of travel that I believe I have firmly instilled now in my six year old son. He loves “adventures.” Whenever we love the hotel, he notes we are going on […]
Excitedly awaiting the arrival of the new year for it will not be meek: Happy Chrismukkah Growing up Puerto Rican in the South Bronx meant that Christmas time was a time of coquito (a rum Puerto Rican eggnog-like concoction), parrandas (caroling with maracas, drums and guitars) and family […]
No symbolophobia here: The love of convergence Tis the season for magical thinking, believing in miracles and wielding grand hopes for the future. After a relatively hard year, I have come to believe that everything is coming together. In some ways I believe in kismet. In other […]
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