What do you make of freedom when it stares you in the face everyday? She could only repeat that question to herself as she did her daily routine. Run, smile, greet, and meet. Behind it all was just a lingering doubt and pinch of pain. Occasionally, life liked […]
New York is the city that never slept. Well, it was. It would like to still think that it doesn’t. However, a pandemic did hit and things did shut down. Restaurants closed at 9pm. We became tough New Yorkers eating outside in 40 degree weather. But, we did […]
They say to “just do it”. As if that is a good thing. Well, assuming that the thing you want to do is a good thing. She did, however, live by that mantra. Sometimes hesitancy brought about a horrifically unsettling feeling. She was hoping that if she walked […]
She was waiting at the intersection for the lights to change and she could get on with her day. Then she noticed the truck with the oversized load. She chuckled to herself. She then, rather impulsively, decided to follow the truck. She followed it all the way to […]
We have collectively weathered some dark days. I know I have. I joke around that I’m a sunny curmudgeon as I’m a New Yorker who lived in California for a decade (not all consecutively). I have a New York vibe that is just a bit off-kilter. I’m an […]
Everything smelled, looked, and felt as battered as they were. They had come through the storm. But there was no turning back. Mother nature just reinforced what had been percolating and brewing for some time. The lid was blown off and now all was exposed.
In a world filled with distractions it may at times be hard to hone in on what makes you- you. What gives you a spark in life? What will push you to the next level? After being told for weeks that I needed yo do so, I finally […]
It was meant to be a fun night out. Everything glowed. Even she glowed. Her makeup was impeccable. She had cause to be happy. She glowed. But she felt like one of those beautiful pods before her. It was all fake. She was a beautiful fake pod herself. […]
Sometimes one can have two totally juxtaposed thoughts hours apart that just fit in with each other. I’d like to think I’m in one continuous stream of thought and I just have to seam it all together. Of course, as a psychologist I would tbink that. But let […]
She stepped out from the little gathering to grab some fresh air and clear her thoughts. They had gone into the event happily enough. She wasn’t expecting much. These days it seemed like people tried too hard to be witty or seem to be great conversationalists. Being cooped […]
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