From the monthly archives:

March 2011

Poker Face

by Pam Godwin

Life is like a game of poker: if you don’t put any in the pot, there won’t be any to take out. – Jackie ”Moms” Mabley, comedian A dark smoky room filled with men, the muffled sound of chips hitting the felt table, and silent tension hanging in the air is what one usually imagines. [...]

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categoryPosted: 03/22/11 9:58 AM

“Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances  the music.” — Isaac Stern I don’t know why it took me so long.  About twenty years and ten minutes to be exact.  Twenty years to make plans to go and then a 10-minute cab ride and there I was, standing [...]

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categoryPosted: 03/17/11 11:34 PM

Remembering to Laugh

by Karen Amster-Young

“If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” — Jimmy Buffett I don’t feel like writing today.  I am mourning the loss of a childhood friend who died last week after battling breast cancer for a year and a half.  I found out on Friday; funeral was Sunday.  I just had lunch with her [...]

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categoryPosted: 03/4/11 12:29 AM