RETAIL RESTRAINT

My summer challenge is in fact a new discipline. The practice of retail restraint, to be specific. It was initiated, first and foremost, to simply see if I could.  And if I could, then I might also dispel the characterization of me by a brilliant friend who thought that I, perhaps, had a “consumption” issue. … Continue reading RETAIL RESTRAINT

WHY ME?

WHY ME? It’s a question anyone might ask when confronted with bad news. And it’s exactly what Supermodel Elle Macpherson thought at one time too. “Nobody thinks it is going to happen to them,” said Macpherson, describing her shock when she was told she had breast cancer. Macpherson, once famously dubbed THE BODY by TIME … Continue reading WHY ME?

OUTRAGEOUS OPTIONS

“Old age is an excellent time for outrage,” said senior citizen advocate Maggie Kuhn, adding, “My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.”  I don’t know if she was the originator of that line or if she was borrowing from novelist and critic, Louis Kronenberger, but it is a … Continue reading OUTRAGEOUS OPTIONS