About two months ago, Pam Kelner, the executive director of Jewish Family Service came into my office and completely unexpectedly announced that the board of JFS had decided to honor me at their annual meeting with the Chaver award. An award that means friend. As I held back humble tears of delight, ...
Contrary to popular belief, there are many good things still happening in the world to applaud. Give me a few minutes…I’m thinking. Wait…let me go shut off the no good horrible day news coming from the tv and on my phone. And while I’m at it I think I’ll close my computer ...
Habits, hope, and fairytales die hard. I’m back on Hinge. Last trip to NYC I couldn’t help myself. And in just a few short months in the online dating world I noticed a new trend among men my age. Old men on bicycles are the new shirtless old men holding fish ...
Once upon a time, in a fearless world, people used to plaster their car with bumper stickers. In an instant you knew more about the person who owned that car then you may ever want to know. It was yesteryear’s version of social media. Yesteryear’s tweet, meme, and scroll all rolled into one stuck ...
Turns out there is another upside to my new purging routine. Besides all the space magically appearing in my home, turns out I’m so busy sorting through treasures and trash, I have less time to watch the news. Kinda goes along with that saying, “No news is good news.” It’s occurred ...
It started with deleting the dating app from my phone. Snapping out of the dating trance I had mindlessly gotten sucked into that had me endlessly swiping on possible future fantasy husbands on Hinge, there I stood squinting, looking around at the surroundings I call home, when it ...
The Madeline Pargh Arts and Crafts Center (MPACC) at the Gordon JCC is offering a variety of art and music classes this winter and spring. Ceramics & Mosaics With the kilns now fully operational, the center will soon announce a schedule of ceramics and mosaic workshops. Ongoing ...
Years ago, I asked a few close friends, after reading a suggestion in some new age self-help book, to tell me what they thought were my character strengths and weaknesses. One friend replied in her assessment on my weaknesses, that I choose men like I choose shoes, they may look good, but they don’t ...
Winter. Besides getting to wear my favorite cozy clothes covering my entire body and a multitude of sins, I pretty much dread this time of year. They say the holiday season is a season of miracles. Although it just past, quite honestly, if there are any left-over miracles, I could use one or two right ...
I know it’s going to be a bad day when I turn on the news, wait, I meant to say is…I know it’s going to be a bad day when I pick up my phone, which has facial recognition, and my own phone does not recognize my face. However, if I’m going to be truthful, lately I’ve been looking in the mirror ...
