Doing Something New…AGAIN

Dancing With The…

by Karen Amster-Young

“If you get tangled up, just Tango on…” — Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman, 1992 “You write better than you dance,” my husband joked as we awkwardly tried to do the Rumba.   The last time we took a dance lesson was the obligatory, “I am twenty-something”, pre-wedding dance lessons 100 years ago. Let me […]

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categoryPosted: 10/13/11 4:18 PM

Simple Pleasures

by Pam Godwin

This past weekend was supposed to be the proverbial trek to Las Vegas with “the girls”. You know, that time-honored getaway that so many “women of a certain age” often go on.  It’s been in the pipeline and on my list of “52” for quite some time, and it would have been the first time […]

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categoryPosted: 10/29/10 10:08 PM

“Put your left hand here and play D and A,” Barbara said to me.  I hit the note tentatively, feeling the eyes of my husband, my two kids, my daughter’s play date AND the piano teacher on me — all holding their breath.  While I was a bit unsure about this it was definitely a […]

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categoryPosted: 10/4/10 1:55 AM

What really knocks me out is a book, when you’re all done reading it, you wished the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. The Catcher in the Rye I know it sounds cliché, but one of the […]

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categoryPosted: 08/29/10 11:59 PM

Stravinsky, Coco and Me

by Karen Amster-Young

‘Where should one use perfume?’ a young woman asked.’Wherever one wants to be kissed,’ I said.” – Coco Chanel Ahh…romance, passion, Paris, perfume. This past week I went to see a great film, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky. I know this seems “unworthy” of being on my “52” list but let me elaborate before you […]

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categoryPosted: 07/29/10 3:45 AM