Thinking of Holden Caufield while in West Virginia For once in a really long while, I had the opportunity to not think about work. Work stayed clearly out of my consciousness other than the fact that I thought about how I wasn’t thinking about it. For this long […]
SERENITY: Caress the cold fragility Ice can be just as mesmerizing as a fire. Watching icicles melt establishes within the jaded cockles of the heart a sense of the inevitable. The ice holds its shape as long as the weather bears it. Then a hushed warm air comes […]
The sound of music on a Monday: I will not yodel but I will walk with a spring in my step I have never watched the Sound of Music in its entirety. Ever. I am not a big fan of musicals. When it it comes to musicals , […]
Shadow boxing in mind: The Holocaust Memorial I was just recently in Berlin where I stayed at a hotel very close to the Holocaust Memorial. I thus got to pass by it during the early morning and late at night. I got to see the memorial against the […]
Everything new is all the rage until it is not It is the start of the new year. Some of us may be wearing new boots, scarves or sweaters that we received as gifts during the holidays. I, for one, know that I now have new blisters from […]
On my return flight from Berlin I would have been Mrs. Guppy for a few minutes in order to escape the crazed 21st century travelers. Flying over to Berlin last week went by in a jiffy. The flight was astoundingly short and I amazingly slept through it. I […]
Oprah Says Don’t let Other People Write Your Script & I Say: I alone write my own story We are on the eve of yet another new year. We may make resolutions. We may keep some resolutions. More than likely we will do neither. However, many of us […]
The last Mojito in Dresden Ok. This is not a piece about the last mojito in Dresden. For all I know there are plenty of mojitos to be had in the quaint German Town. Although, it is so cold in Dresden, that understandably there could be a run […]
City Structures Make Me Feel so Empowered and Humble: This Year’s Past Travel As a New Yorker I love tall buildings. I loved Spiderman, growing up, for that very reason. If you want to be a super hero you need some tall buildings from which to do grand […]
Today is a day My Mom Would Have Loved My mother loved, with ALL CAPS, loved April Fool’s Day. She looked forward to that day more than most other holidays. She had a bit of a prankster streak in her; which was passed onto me. I totally love […]
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