Please don’t send me flowers: Unless it is in a cocktail I love flowers. I love their beauty and imminent nostalgia that is attached to them. Flowers evoke memories of yore. They evoke memories of the sun and the grass and a certain amount of whimsy. I […]
Summertime Memories: The scent of a mother I’m listening to the song “the Funeral” and feel an overwhelming sense of déjà vu while sad, yet nondescript memories come flooding into my stream of consciousness. To the outside the dead leaves, they’re on the lawn Before they died, […]
My summertimes in childhood were actually not that memorable. We didn’t travel anywhere as we had no money. The summer streets of the South Bronx were sweltering hot and teeming with with an undercurrent of naughtiness. As I grew older in boarding school and college, summertime represented a […]
No Time For Procrastination: the Gates of Hades are Opening in Two Weeks What will you be doing July 27th 2014? As I noted last summer to many’s delight and fright, the Gates of Hades are opening soon. See, here is the thing the month of July […]
I dream of hearing my voice again on a Sunday Ah, Sundays! Crazy Sundays. Growing up, my mom would have me perform skits, dances, story-telling and musicals. She loved “crazy Sundays.” Having me perform brought her such joy. We would laugh for hours. It was where […]
I dont do leftovers</ Look inside a person's refrigerator and you will get a glimpse into their soul. Or at least their bad eating habits that they hide from everyone. When I was pregnant people who opened my refrigerator door were shocked to find no food therein. I […]
Don’t Get stuck in a Moment: Get inspired by it “She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: “It shines like a little diamond”, “What does?” “This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.” –Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of […]
Soup, Cats, and Beach Towels: Fighting off Extreme Allergies While Traveling the World I have a thirst for travel that runs deep within me. Living abroad as a high schooler got my travel creative juices going. I had to learn very early on how to travel […]
Getting Lost while traveling can be a great thing: Seize the Moment On just about every trip I have taken, I have gotten lost. At times, it is just slightly lost and at other times its been a behemoth mess up. For the most part, I have relished […]
Color me bitter, not really I am generally a happy person. I laugh all the time. Although, that is just a coping mechanism. My New York wit and sensibilities may come off at times as if I am bitter. My great memory and recall may make it seem […]
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