I'm a firm believer in the fact that we, in this life, are presented with the same situation - albeit dressed in a variety of costumes - over and over and over and over and…
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I've read several posts in my lifetime that offer the following advice, in one form or another: If you don't have anything good to say, then don't post. Just step away from the computer. Never…
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The New York City Edition Sharing It was 5:00 on Tuesday night. I'd had a lunch meeting, then spent a bit of time strolling around the West Village (where I just so happened to see…
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Like so many of my sisters (the majority of whom happen interestingly to be white and middle/upper middle class), I have, in my life, suffered from eating disorders. Yes, 'disorderS', plural - bulimia, anorexia, compulsive…
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I don't want to let you all down, but I have to tell you that I have a flaw - (yes! just one) which, to be perfectly honest, I could spin into a talent were…
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My daughter came into this world 5 weeks early and at least 5lbs too small. But, to be honest, that never slowed her down. She was out of the NICU in 11 days, out of…
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For as long as I can remember, I've been making deals with myself, or God, or the Universe, or the Devil or whatever I believed at the time was in control of my life. They…
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Way, way back, a long time ago - like in the 90's - I ran in a fantastic road race in Harvard, MA: the annual Apple Harvest Ramble Road Race. It's a 10-miler through a…
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I grew up in St. Louis - a city boundaried by the great Mississippi, the river that divides our country into east and west; a city with a monstrous steel arch marking the gateway to…
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