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Kvetch in the City, August 2026

Lonely? Feeling old and unwanted? Not in great shape but wanting to feel desirable? Need attention? Wondering if anyone knows you’re alive anymore? I have the solution for you. Post a photo of yourself in a bathing suit on social media! You don’t even have to show ...

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Kvetch in the City, July 2026

Go Knicks!   While the NBA tournament is long gone…well everything feels long gone in the insane news cycle the world lives in…I’m still kvelling! I think for the rest of my life I will remember these games.  Game 4 of the Finals. OMG!  Is OG Anunoby real? I think ...

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Kvetch in the City, May 2026

I don’t know about you, but I’m about at the near end of my rope. My fellow humans, no need to name names, abhorrent behavior as of late, has been making me feel a bit out of sorts. I’d say I want to pull my hair out, except, at this age, my hair is falling out quite naturally ...

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Kvetch in the City, April 2026

This wouldn’t be a Kvetch column if I didn’t start off with some classic Jewish mother guilt trip that I laid on my son, who, thank goodness, (thank goodness because that means he is healthy and beyond my generation worn tactics), was not having any of it.   I recently read somewhere…(opening ...

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Kvetch in the City, March 2026

Till death do us part   It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m thinking about love and funerals. And it’s not because my love life is as good as dead. It’s because love and funerals are entwined. What is a funeral after all but the love and honoring of the deceased.  Speaking ...

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Kvetch in the City January 2026

There’s an inspirational saying that goes something along the line, if you can’t get in through the front door, go through the window. Meaning, there’s always a way, don’t give up so easily.   This saying came to mind the other day as I was in ...

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Ketch in the City, December 2025

“It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears, a world of hope and a world of fears  There’s so much that we share that it’s time we’re aware it's a...."   Small world. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always loved ...

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Kvetch in the City, November 2025

I find myself talking to Siri a lot lately.   That should tell you everything you need to know about my state of relationships.  I’m getting so used to being by myself that talking to my phone is beginning to feel normal. I mean, I have to admit it, she does seem to have a lot of answers, ...

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Kvetch in the City, October 2025

The other day, someone asked me how I am.  I answered, “I’m fine, just don’t ask me how I’m doing.”  They laughed. I laughed. That intercepted that conversation.    Speaking of conversations. There are way too many going on inside my head at all hours of the day and night. ...

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