I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
Feeling Topsy Turvy I just got back from the land down under. I had left from New York where it had been 85 degrees. Down under it was 55 degrees. That alone had me a bit topsy turvy. Sadly, the world went a little bezerk during these […]
While on CIPRO longing for a handmade strawberry daiquiri and mojito I find myself a bit ill today and as a matter of fact for the last four days. Unfortunately, despite my ever-constant travel vigilance, I got a parasite while traveling down under. I will spare […]
What I didn’t know 190 days ago about what today would be like July 30th is here and it is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s birthday. It is also an important day for soccer aficionados as that is when the first FIFA world cup was won back in 1930. […]
Force myself to relax and then hit the ongoing fast-paced merry-go-round The airplane violently shook for about three hours straight from Los Angeles to New York. I covered my head, prayed, held my son’s little fingers and tried to sleep. I had already been through the 14 hour […]
Fear The blood drips It’s dark and menacing Fear Need a fenced-in crib For the day of reckoning Fear Legs cannot stand upright While the blood circles about Fear Don’t shine the floodlight The body builds up a shout Fear The blood drips The stomach curls The bile […]
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 […]
I swim in a tizzied dizziness Where can I hide and be free? Be free of anxiety, fear and week knees Stomach growls, rips, and grumbles My eyelids droop and mightily fumble I swim in a tizzied dizziness The legs hopelessly twist and tangle The […]
A short reflection on turning right As a kid I knew I would group up to be a psychologist. I flirted with a law and film career for a bit and then returned to my intellectual “motherland.” As I near the end of my Australia trip where I […]
Reach for the stars while the heart wheezes Flush the flesh Bite the foot Syomp the hand Belt out a lyrical storm Primp the surrounding green sea Fiercely piercing the wide-eyes pupils The lightning flashes hand-whisk the mind While the heart wheezes on by Go […]
