Happy and Healthy New Year One of the great things about being Jewish is the high holidays. Specifically the Jewish New Year. The way I see it, if your hopes, dreams and resolutions didn't quite happen January 1st…we get another “stab” at it nine months later when...
I like the view from the 50 yard line. I like the view from 53. This weekend my daughter (number three) graduated from University of Wisconsin. So, you see, I have done college graduation before…twice…gratefully and proudly. However, I am happy to admit I am far less “nuts”...
You just never know where the open road will take you. But sometimes you simply have to take the road less traveled…or the bus! I mean this quite literally. Last week I was all “fancy” and chatting it up with my old friend (haha) designer Bob...
. You know the old saying, “If you can’t beat ‘em...
Today my mom would have been 78 years old. And nobody loved her birthday more than my mom. She died too young. All day that Joni Mitchell song, Big Yellow Taxi, has been stuck in my head… “You don't know what you've got till it’s gone…” Today...
I lost a best friend this week. My children and I all gathered in Cincinnati this past weekend to say goodbye to Willa Baldwin, who died of a heart attack on route to the hospital. In May we celebrated her 80th birthday. In February she was...
Happy New Year. I am certain I am not alone this week thinking about what 2016 will look like. Or, equally pressing question…where the hell did 2015 go? Where to begin? Funny how it seems I have come almost full circle. I spent much of 2015 packing,...
I am feeling very lucky today. I got to spend the day with my dad and make him scrambled eggs for breakfast. I got to kiss his sweet droopy face. But in an instant this could have been a very different story with a very a...
Did you click “place order” this week? Were you part of the Cyber Monday craze? Your boxes will likely arrive today. Did you know that Americans (me and you) spent more than $3 billion dollars on Cyber Monday? How could you not? My inbox was inundated with...
Are some of your children not there? Perhaps this is the in-laws’ year? Or the boyfriend’s? Or maybe they have to work on Friday and can’t travel? Are your parents missing? Getting too old or not well enough to travel on the busiest holiday of...