I’ve gotten a late start on Lent this year. Mostly because I can’t think of a sacrifice spectacular enough to warrant the commitment. Just “giving up” something doesn’t seem worthwhile in itself. From my perspective the practice should accomplish something bigger than an exercise in self restraint. A search for ideas lead me to some impressive … Continue reading LENT: BAN BODILY EMBELLISHMENTS
It is always amazing when ordinary people do extraordinary things. As was the case with a young man in Worcester, England who happens to be married to my husband’s niece. Samantha was 9 months pregnant with her third child when she felt certain her baby’s birth was imminent. So she and her husband, Grant, … Continue reading Face Your Fear
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I select the Internet and THE WORLD WIDE WEB as the greatest inventions of all time because it is quite simply the single most extraordinary learning and communication tool the world has ever known. And it was created in my lifetime. No longer do I have to spend hours sitting in a library, pouring over … Continue reading Best Invention Of All Time
Can you ever get used to the idea of death? With the recent and sad passing of such talented Brits- actor Alan Rickman and musician David Bowie- I am becoming accustomed, in a way, to news of people dying. And as the nature of death, like life, is so repetitive, I naturally, await the next announcement. … Continue reading Lived 21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016
Dear Santa, It may be very hard for you to find us this Christmas as we are far away from the North Pole, smack dab in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, 700 miles off the coast of the United States. So I have provided global coordinates (32.3000° N, 64.7833° ) for your … Continue reading Dear Santa
Nice is nice, ladies, but tough is better. Just ask A-List Actress Jennifer Lawrence who has sworn off stereotypical, femininely sweet behavior since learning it cost her money. And to her credit she has admitted that she only has herself to blame. “When the Sony hack happened,” said Lawrence, “and I found out how much less … Continue reading MAN UP LADIES
“I have rented a Mercedes for France,” my husband cheerily told me several days before we were to begin our driving holiday. “Make sure it’s not red,” I warned. “Yes,” he responded, remembering full well that a psychic reading decades ago now prevented me from ever riding in the sexiest car on earth. “Do you … Continue reading FEARS, PHOBIAS AND SUPERSTITIONS
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Blasé is not what you expect to find in Biarritz. But, in addition to the lovely seaside beauty, stylish hotels and hearty food you may also encounter a Basque attitude which is equal parts pride and prejudice. “They do not like us,” said a German who spends a month in Biarritz with his wife every … Continue reading Le Blasé Basque
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