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.
Last year, during the height of the pandemic, everyone was talking about Tiger King. Well, not me. I didn’t care for it even though I didn’t even know the premise. Then one night late, late summer I caught a few episodes. I felt caught up in a surreal […]
The tree knew all her secrets. She would whisper sweet nothings. The tree’s body knew she didn’t want to stay on the carousel. Her secrets were not for the faint of heart. She was a wicked one. She patted it and told the tree Yes, I did it. […]
We all have tool kits and boxes. I have a tool kit with screwdrivers, a hammer, nails and random wrenches from ikea. I note that because most people won’t think I have a toolbox. Many wouldn’t even believe I put my own bookshelf together. Well, besides literal tools […]
For some people whether the neighbor ever sleeps or not is a moot point. They don’t live close enough to be a nuisance or entertainment. When you live in the city, it is something entirely different. In my high-rise apartment I do not really hear my neighbors. However, […]
Yesterday, I did the unthinkable. I went out without my earrings on. For me, that is akin to going out naked. And, in particular, as I like dangling earrings. They jingle. They swing with the beat of my steps. They make me feel whole. I know that must […]
Eight doors Eight mouths Eight arms Eight lives Eight chances I will give you Eight sighs I will allow Eight steps for correction Roll the dice Eight pieces of my heart
All of the Sunday news shows talked a bit (some more than others) about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the political firestorm in which he finds himself. Many reporters have noted that Cuomo has noted repeatedly that he will not resign. I’m not here to discuss the […]
When Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced they were undergoing a conscious uncoupling, many laughed. She tends to say and write some silly, bordering on the absurd, things. But fast forward several years later many people (couples that is) are using the phrase as they go about their […]
I keep staring at these pictures We were then Now the pictures are faded And no longer mine They stand unclaimed When they once stood for something But cannot be replaced
Let start off with this. I tend to have great empathy towards others. As a matter of fact, I have been advised that I have too much empathy. Yes, there is such a thing as an over-empathizer. And, because of that I can often be a little slow […]
