Is the Answer in the (Tarot) Cards?

October 29, 2010

Maybe it was because Halloween was around the corner.  I’m not really sure.  But this past week, for the first time, I went for a Tarot card reading.  What made it even more unusual is that the reading took place while I was away with some friends for an annual “spa” getaway sans significant others, […]

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Brownies, Bloomies & Volunteering

October 21, 2010

“Where are the tote bags? I’m not leaving the premises without tote bags. I was promised tote bags and tote bags I shall have.”   Seinfeld’s Kramer, volunteering at PBS, in “The Pledge Drive” episode I couldn’t remember the last time I did something just because it was a “good” thing to do. I am not […]

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Saturday in the Park

October 21, 2010

Karen and I have been progressing through our “52” for 16 weeks now and while we’ve both had some similar experiences and outcomes, they have always been parallel. She does her thing and I do mine — until now.  It’s one thing to be there for a friend embarking on a journey in spirit but […]

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Friends

October 13, 2010

The first two visits were easy. In the past three weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to see two very dear and usually faraway friends. My bestest friend from college who moved to Australia too many years ago was unexpectedly in New York for only a few hours before catching a flight when she gave me […]

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My Own Antiques Roadshow

October 13, 2010

Forget about bungee jumping:  Try being over 40 and thinking about a new career. Now that will make you shake in your new Manolo Blahnik studded fringe boots (or, in my case, new, New Balance sneakers). I think, for me, it started with baseball cards. I was a “tomboy” for a few years when I […]

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Tickling the Ivories…Again

October 4, 2010

“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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Seven Days of Smiles

October 1, 2010

This week I discovered that Dr. Seuss was actually wrong once.  He said, “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”  I know what he is trying to say.  I just think he’s wrong.  The fact is, we all say too much […]

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She Made Red Velvet

September 23, 2010

Do you bake? I don’t, not really. The occasional Tollhouse cookies or birthday cupcakes from a mix, and a key-lime pie a very long time ago, but honestly, I am not much of a baker. I find the mess and the required preciseness of it more stressful than cathartic, although I once read that baking […]

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Driving My Dream Car Away from Routine

September 23, 2010

“I have no more conditioner,” my 4th grade daughter reminded me as I dropped her at school last week, her hair looking frizzy, as she grabbed her book bag, kissed me goodbye and ran into school.  I mentally added it to my list of things to do and dreaded the day ahead filled with mundane […]

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Ready, Set, Run

September 14, 2010

I downloaded an App from  Apple’s iTunes store this week. Not so different, new or exciting? Well, it wasn’t just any App. It was something that represents a big “to do” for me.  And then, I actually did it. What did I do? I went running. And I used a silly little App on my […]

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