I just finished watching the new HULU show, Mrs. America, which chronicles the women's liberation movement, the ERA, and the groups of (radical) conservatives against the movement. I feel like, finally, I have found my people - the people like me. The ones opposite Mrs. America, of course. As a child, I grew up in…
The Hoax of Credit Scores
If you're like me, the average American middle-aged (ugh) working folk, you tend to check your credit score occasionally, unless there is some reason for you to check it more frequently. I've worked really hard over the past 25 years or so to keep mine as high as possible, and during the last ten years…
Musical Memories
If you’re like me, music can bring back such vivid memories of past times, both good and bad. I remember the song I was listening to just after my Asti Girl (Yorkie) died, over 20 years ago, and I cry listening to it every holiday season when I’m putting up the tree (Pachelbel’s Canon in…
An Old Soul in a New Body
Yesterday, I was in someone's office for a few minutes. I had on my grey hat, the one with the small poms on the side, and I was wearing my "coat scarf" as well. It was cold outside, but not as cold as it has been over the past week or so. At 35 degrees,…
Snow Footprints
Today we got a break. A snow day. Instead of being in court for most of my morning, I am instead sitting cozy in the recliner typing this blog, with my trusty furchild on the recliner's footrest. It's her "spot". Owning my own business isn't always easy. There are days when I'd like to just…
The Semicolon Project
Today I did something I never thought I'd actually do. Something I thought was only for other folks, but not me. Something that made me realize I'm braver than I think I am. Something a little crazy, but not too much. I got a tattoo. I went to the shop with my daughter and her…
Merlin’s Desk
I used to handle furniture purchases and disposition for a major hospital, along with space planning, building design and renovations, and interior design. It was sometimes a very daunting job, but I also had a lot of good help. My little team, composed of me and four other staff members, handled all of that for…
New Year, New York
Central Park, an adventure in the snow, January 2014.
Classical Art is Not Porn
I must confess, David is a hottie. He is an ideal human form, and it doesn't hurt that he is cast in marble. There is a lot of muscle definition, and he looks as if he could simply walk off his pedestal and join society as an elite athlete. Although I have yet to go…
Travel Feeds the Soul
Travel opens up so many new worlds and possibilities. It's an endless source of inspiration.
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