5 MYTHS ABOUT AGING
I was standing at a dinner party with a group of women recently when one of them said… (and let me interject here, that the woman was...
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I KNOW I CAME IN HERE
FOR SOMETHING
If life's a journey I should have packed more clothes.
A blog about age-splaining in the 21st Century.
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
It happened at 4:30 on Thursday before Good Friday. A four-day weekend just minutes away. I was in the kitchen unpacking groceries and...
NEVER ASK A SHALLAH
My husband has had a hell of a day. In fact there’s no need for him to even open the front door, he’s so small and weary he can just slip...
TOP 3 WAYS TO AVOID SOMEONE STANDING UP FOR YOU ON THE BUS
Not all that long ago I was riding on the subway and I stood up for a woman, offering her my seat. She fixed me with eyes of steel and...
WHAT IF…
One day at a photographer’s studio in Paris I saw a picture of a girl who looked exactly like me. It was decades ago but I remember it...
SURPRISE
“That reminds me,” my husband says to the guests at the dinner table, “Have you heard the one about the pig and the dog?” …Oh God, please...
GLUCKSCHMERZ
Okay, here’s a quiz: 1. Your friend has lost a great deal of weight and looks absolutely fabulous…. 2. Another friend has just landed a...
HOW CAN I MISS YOU IF YOU DON’T GO AWAY
This photo was captured while on vacation in Israel. Besides being a ghastly picture of my husband and me (not to mention the décor), it...
THREE PRUNES
I’m standing with a group of people at a fancy charity event. I kind of want to impress them so I’m talking…and talking. Because for some...
PETER PAN AND WENDY
“… It's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.”― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan. A while back my husband received...
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