I wasn’t going to admit this to anyone, because the last time I did, it was met with uproarious laughter. But this morning, eleven years later, I’ve been vindicated by The New York Times. In the fall of 2011 my husband and I moved from Manhattan, with our two children, to the New Jersey suburbs. […]
“What do you think of this?” My daughter held something up for me to see. If I squinted I could detect the outline of a shirt, dimly lit from behind. “Wait a second,” I said, “my eyes need to adjust.” My rods and hadn’t yet adapted to the near darkness of the store. We had […]
(Read now and receive two Bonus Features: How to Craft and How to Blog) In order to write one needs to: arrange a selection of words into a particular order. Yes, that’s really all there is to it. The most difficult thing about writing is knowing which words to select and what order to put […]
A three-year-old’s summer wardrobe costs what?!?! Apparently, upscale designer clothing for children is a growing business. I recently read an article in which several moms were interviewed about their shopping habits for the little ones. One woman just spent $10,000 on her daughter’s summer wardrobe. After cleaning the lenses of my glasses and re-counting the […]
When I was a child my parents lived by the adage: children are to be seen, not heard and that other one, children speak only when spoken to. Though I may have had thoughts, questions, comments, theories, ideas, advice, stories, jokes, insights, musings, songs, confusion, I kept them to myself. Well, at least I tried. […]
Visiting the Hamptons in the summer is always a treat. There is much to be awestruck by: the natural beauty of the beaches, the sprawling farmland and wineries that dot the countryside, not to mention the man-made eye-candy: lush gardens and verdant lawns, (even in drought) lavish homes accessorized with dormers and porches and chimneys, […]
About a month ago I got sucker-punched by my heart. Overnight, as I slept peacefully, I developed a heart condition. It came out of nowhere. Like a subpoena. My diagnosis: PVC palpitations, causing the heart to experience haphazard, volatile, extra beats, and PAC palpitations, causing the heart to skip beats. An episode of these heartbeats […]
