Adele just released her new song of regret and nostalgia called Hello and apparently it has taken the world by storm. I have yet to fully listen to it as I get bored by it thirty seconds in. I know. That is quite blasphemous for many of you. It […]
Hats, Hats I have never liked to wear hats. I don’t feel like they fit me right. I feel dorky in hats and I feel huge in hats. It’s weird, I know. the only hats I ever liked have been Easter bonnets, floppy beach hats and hip busboy […]
Somebody’s watching me: Street Art in Australia Happy day! It is day 292 of the current year. Back in 1985, the Norwegian band A-Ha went to number 1 on the US Singles chart with the song “Take on Me.” The song is not a bad one. What propelled […]
For the love of Lighthouses: Finding one’s path forward I have always loved lighthouses. Even when I lived in the South Bronx, where I only knew the blocks around me, I dreamt of lighthouses. Once when stranded abroad due to a hurricane, I searched for a lighthouse in […]
Stand tall and smell the world When you travel from city to city, country to country, your sense become heightened. It is as if you are Spiderman swinging from one side to the other. Our eyes take in the splendor of the architecture, the fashion, the people. We […]
A spiced-filled outing Because of my varied life contexts throughout my years, I have made friends that probably wouldn’t be friends with one another. I have my preppy friends. I have my Wall Street friends. I have my psychologist friends. I have ny social justice friends and those […]
Can you hear me now? We have all said it a number of times loudly and at times frustratingly so. Can you hear me now? Can you? How many times have we been annoyed to hear that question while on a train, doctor’s waiting room or a movie […]
Touching but not hugging I just returned from a business trip where I must have exchanged over 100 hugs. It was hug central. Which is what happens when you attend a conference for a field where everybody knows everybody and you are all supposedly overflowing with compassion. Note […]
Eyeful delights Today is labor day and is a day to rest and be nostalgic about the fruits of our labor. One such fruit is that of vacation and travel. Why do we travel? Wanderlust. Why do we travel? A need to experience new cultures. Why do we […]
Bad habits are a great thing Habits. Everyone as one or a million or so. There are just as many websites that try to show one the path from engaging in a bad habit to being habit-free. There are also also all those psychologically-bent websites (such as Psychology […]