We all have a happy place. Even the most curmudgeon of us has a place that can fill them with some joy or perhaps less angst. I often describe myself as a curmudgeon because I am a snarky New Yorker. However, there are many that note […]
I love catching sunrises. I am actually known in my social circles for my love of a sunrise. I get up and take my camera to the window every morning. I look to see what beautiful sunrise there is for I am grateful to have made […]
Swirl and swirl Dizziness at new heights Out of my mind Out of this world Excitement Bombastic Time for the bubble to unfurl And to smite with a set of kites We must unwind And enter the dance floor unwhirled Excitement Bombastic The ocean holds a special […]
It just hit me this week that my son will be ten in six months. That is so momentous that I am besides myself in thinking about it. I was just being nostalgic this morning in that I can literally count on one hand the number […]
“I have no goals at the moment.” Anyone who knows me well, or just a tad bit honestly, would never believe that such a sentence would be uttered by me. I am a Type A, highly-driven person who similar to what Madonna told Dick Clark many years […]
Life can be totally random. That goes without saying and yet I just did. Every once in a while it is good to remember that things can happen by chance and that some things are just going to happen. I am not fatalistic. I firmly believe there […]
I have been rather lucky in life to be able to travel to so many places both domestically and internationally. I am still waiting to hit my 50th state. In due time it will happen. Each year I keep wishing and trying to find a way to travel […]
It is a new year, the first month of 12 to come, and we are at the mid-way point on said month. Everything is new, shiny, and intriguing. Well, arguably not everything. However, in my rosy, ruby outlook, it’s all shiny and full of possibilities. While much […]
Every year, we arrive at December thinking about the ups and downs we went through the past 12 months. Its a ritual. We all do it. Every year it seems there was something extraordinarily different. It was crazier. It was unprecedented. It was the best. It could […]
I don’t like to make bucketlists. I explained that a while ago. To me a bucket list seems so fatalistic. I suppose it need not be. However, for me, it is so. I know someone dear to me that has been given months to live and […]