When we first got Winston, a month back, he was very laid back. We got him from the shelter and he seemed a bit quiet. Then we had to put the cone of shame on him after his little surgery. He was super chill. Didn’t bark once. Slept […]
Waking up at 5am each day can be tiring. That’s a simple statement. I wake up bleary-eyed and search for my morning coffee. I try to find the coffee grounds and hope to remember to put water into the coffee maker. I think ahead to what I have […]
This past week has been trying to say the least. I also have a lot of tasks I have to complete the next few weeks as I work to move my family from Puerto Rico out west. Yet, the situation there has been more and more infuriating. My […]
I am a very happy, excited fur mama. I have now had my new fur baby home for a month and each day gets better and better. If that is even possible. Actually, it was great from day one. What gets better is that I get to […]
I have been on the road this past week. Well, for over a week actually. First, I flew to Florida and from there I flew out to Texas. I hadn’t been away for that long on a business trip in a long time. Before, during my New […]
My sister recently sent me the cutest photo of my little niece. She is four years old and has the delicious dimples. She has an impish grin as well in the majority of her photographs. In that cute photo, I also noticed that my little had the pose. […]
Fifteen years ago I walked over 100 blocks in the New York summer sweltering heat to find the right dog for me. I did that four weekends in a row. Weekend after weekend I went to the upper East Side animal shelters looking at all the dogs that […]
When I was a young girl, I had a lot of hair issues. I had very curly hair. Extremely curly hair. Still do. However, my family was, for the most part, a straight hair one. My mother had no idea how to tame my curls. She […]
My mother believed deeply and ferociously in the power of dreams. She completely felt that dreams carried much meaning and that they were often prophetic. She must have had over 100 dream dictionaries while I was growing up. She slept with one on her nightstand. I would often […]
Admittedly, I have been obsessed with my house move. Everything about my move into my new (but really old) Los Angeles house has been fodder for venting, reflecting, and rejoicing. It’s been trying times. It’s been fun times. It’s been tiring times. We are several weeks […]