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I’ve always been comfortable being alone. Perhaps that’s because I was an only child and I’m good at entertaining myself,
I was never one of those kids who knew what they wanted to be when they grew up. Even now
It’s no secret that I love music. My earliest musical memories are of my father, playing clarinet with a Dixieland
Along with watering some of my outdoor plants, twice a day, to keep them from dying in the heat, my
Gone are the days when it was easy for me to go to sleep. In fact, since my late 30’s,
The other morning a friend asked me how long could I survive with the food I had in my kitchen
There’s always something to be grateful for. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder to find it. That
Last Friday I spent my 70th birthday at Diana Ross’s 75th Diamond Jubilee Birthday Celebration at the Wynn Hotel in
Today is my birthday. I’m 25,550 days old, although many days I don’t feel a day over 9,125. This week
Lots of us have, and regularly use, some version of the Serenity Prayer. This is mine, short and sweet: Not
I’ve been sitting in the gastrointestinal day surgery waiting room since 6:30 this morning. A male nurse with a carpet
When I was in middle school I wore coke bottle glasses, braces on my teeth and my hair looked like
All the wine I cannot drink. And the cocktails. That’s what I’m thinking about these days.
Not long ago I suggested to a friend, who is divorced and over 50, that she might try changing the
When I was a kid we seldom went to church unless my grandmother came to visit. I never went to
“Do not do squats!” It’s almost a mantra for me, and I don’t know why. After all, squats, deep knee
Darlings, Can you feel the excitement in the air? There’s something stirring this spring and it’s not just the birds
I have been staring into nothingness for hours. Thoughts come and go, floating past like autumn leaves on a burbling
