“Will you help me write my obituary,” asked a dear friend while we were still very much alive and happily traveling through Scandinavia. It wasn’t like this beautiful place evoked any semblance of depression in her, and she is, hopefully, years away from a natural death, but the subject suddenly came up while we were … Continue reading You Should Have The Last Word
Writer’s block, according to Wikipedia, “is a condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work or….original ideas.” FEAR, rather than dwindling creativity, I venture, is the common culprit here. And no wonder, with this era of cancellation culture growing ever more extreme by the day. “Oh, I … Continue reading CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE? Our growing refusal to speak up.
“ I really wish you hadn’t told me that,” is how one sorry chap reacted when actress and model Brooke Shields revealed her age to him. According to Shields, prior to that moment, their interaction had been flirtatious and “hopeful” by all accounts. Imagine then, how unsettling it was to witness budding romance slashed through the … Continue reading The Perfect Age For Love
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? 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?
“I really don’t like talking on the phone,” I admitted to a new friend who was -curiously enough- talking to me ON THE PHONE. “It’s such an intimate way of communicating,” I further explained, saying that I preferred using the phone, not for the purposes of elongated conversations, but as a means to an end. … Continue reading Are You Listening?
“You’re very direct, aren’t you? someone observed about me recently. I wasn’t sure if their’s was a legitimate question, or, criticism masked as inquiry. I mean it’s not the kind of question that, on its face, is categorically flattering, like, for example, “You’re very pretty, aren’t you? Or even better, “You’re so smart, eh?” Nonetheless, … Continue reading Grow A Thicker Skin
Burning Daylight 