Look, I’m a diehard New Yorker. I don’t drive. I love pierogies and bagels. I can walk for hours on end. Yet, lately I’ve been holding onto my pepper spray a little tighter and have been glad to wear a mask. Let’s start with the latter. New York […]
Back in the day people- I suppose mainly men-tipped their hats to one another. That hat tip was served as a sign of recognition, respect, or gratitude. Or sometimes it just plainly was a “hello”. Nowadays, I’m not too sure hat tipping occurs. There was an annual live […]
I often, jokingly, note how perfect my skin is. Well, not jokingly. Rather mischievous humilty. My skin is rather perfect. I stayed away from makeup and chemicals while younger. I had seen the facial wreckage from years of makeup use. I did not want that. Hence, fairly smooth […]
I work in healthcare. I go in everyday to work. I wear a mask everyday, all day. I have no issue wearing the mask despite the extreme heat the past week in New York City. In the very beginning of the pandemic, I wore the N95 mask while […]
You’ve got your rockstar rags You’ve got your nicely manicured nails You smile at all the right moments You’re just a social construction You buff your image in the mirror You prop up your image makers You pretend to care But your shoes have more shine than your […]
Oversharing, so as to hide Spilling the beans, to not share the other Completely naked, but totally masked It’s all a game of camouflage You may hear But you don’t know Opinionated yet humble Transparent, although secretive Facades for the facade It’s all a game of camouflage Mimesis […]
They say you reap what you sow And, for you it’s doubly so You sold out for a quarter And, and you got dropped like a dime You created a false persona with that mug You were bent on being a prop You thought you could ride it […]
She knew this walk all too well. She knew where she would end up and how many steps it would take to be in the light. She didn’t love life. She didn’t hate it. There was just that. Amazing how life could be so mundane yet entrenched in […]
In this day and age of the selfie and twitter, many people relish having a spotlight on themselves. I’m reminded of some old cartoon where the stage spotlight kept moving and the animated character desperately tried to keep up so as to remain in that spotlight. It was […]
This past weekend, I got to play dress up. I’m one of those ladies that almost always wears a dress and heels to work. I wear dresses on the weekend as well. I love gettimg dressed up. Yet, I don’t tend to wear makeup. I’ve got pretty good, […]
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