On a trip years ago, I told pals, “I’ll stay by myself today while you tour Paris.” Shocked, they asked, “You won’t visit the Louvre?” Tired from the go-go-go, running here and there, I said, “right.” Without second thoughts, I said no to more busy-nesss and yes to time alone. This year, I did the… Continue Reading
Heartbreak hurts. If we let it. Often a dull ache. In classes, I teach the dark truth, “all is temporary, in flux. We will one day lose everything and everyone we love.” Students stand, fake-bolt out of the room and joke, “now I’m depressed.” Who wants to sit in the reality of loss? Instead we… Continue Reading
For Saturday lunch, like a mature adult, like a good grandmother, and because of my nutritional Jiminy Cricket, I plated healthy food for six-year-old Lawson and four-year old Brooke, here for a Maine weekend from their home near Boston. I arranged scrumptious strawberries, purplish grapes, organic blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cut-up cantaloupe and honeydew. Also, around… Continue Reading
I gave a keynote talk at a local wonderful day-long workshop on Aging. What a magnificent group of people doing such important work. I felt honored to be there. Here is a rough outline of what I said. I wanted to honor Mary Oliver, beloved poet who recently died. April is Poetry month and her… Continue Reading
It’s easy to complain. I lounge on the deck of a cruise ship in the Caribbean; warm, not stormy, no ice, no snow, no need for parkas, mittens, hats or to crawl on my knees to wash the slush from my floors. I don’t have to do anything except what I want for 11 days,… Continue Reading
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