Pigeons often appear in my New York stories. They are such an integral part as they can be found and are everywhere. You also stand a certain chanced of being pooped on from above. That’s New York life for you. They are an urban nature staple. I came […]
We are into the month of June. My birthday month has passed. However, June signals a shift of things to come. There’s a multitude of sides and a hunger to feel the sun on one’s skin. It is time to bloom and heal. It is time to devour […]
New York is the city that never slept. Well, it was. It would like to still think that it doesn’t. However, a pandemic did hit and things did shut down. Restaurants closed at 9pm. We became tough New Yorkers eating outside in 40 degree weather. But, we did […]
We have collectively weathered some dark days. I know I have. I joke around that I’m a sunny curmudgeon as I’m a New Yorker who lived in California for a decade (not all consecutively). I have a New York vibe that is just a bit off-kilter. I’m an […]
In a world filled with distractions it may at times be hard to hone in on what makes you- you. What gives you a spark in life? What will push you to the next level? After being told for weeks that I needed yo do so, I finally […]
Sometimes one can have two totally juxtaposed thoughts hours apart that just fit in with each other. I’d like to think I’m in one continuous stream of thought and I just have to seam it all together. Of course, as a psychologist I would tbink that. But let […]
I have lived in chaos for a rather long time. I may even dare to say since childhood. And, at times I say so proudly. It’s a sign of resilience in my mind. In my worldview. See, I do well in chaos. Or so I believe or have […]
For the past year, I have not really taken a day off. I haven’t taken a vacation. Neither have millions upon millions of people. But we each reach a point where maybe we need a day off. For the past few months, people have been repeatedly telling me […]
Freedom. It’s a beautiful word. A most wondrous concept. An aspiration. Not only at the governmental level but in our own day-to-day lives. We live with fears that keep us bound. We live within constraints, that we have often set ourselves. While at the Brooklyn zoo -tiny but […]
I have never been to a gender reveal party. Nor do I really care to unless there’s either a lot of mojitos or mai tais. If it is a boy serve up the mojitos. If it’s a girl serve up the maitais. Just go with it. Gender reveal […]
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