In an in-depth conversation with a friend who is dealing with infidelity, the question of how to move forward was stumping her and of course, I could readily hand out advice since it is so much nicer to give than receive. Discover yourself, believe that nothing is going to change your world, set sail to destination me, I advised. Aren’t I pithy. Just as the world never knows what goes on behind closed doors, so…
I was reading that NYT article about raising kids bilingual and sent it to a friend who is raising her child bilingual and she echoed this part of the article back to me: If you have two languages and you use them regularly, the way the brain’s networks work is that every time you speak, both languages pop up and the executive control system has to sort through everything and attend to what’s relevant in…
There are a lot of things in life that make me lose focus – the Federal Flood, divorce, my mother’s death – you know the big things, but there are daily things that vy for my attention on a daily basis. I was reading an article in the NYT about how raising a child bilingual helps them develop certain areas of their brain. There’s a system in your brain, the executive control system. It’s a…
June 01, 2011 Taurus (4/20-5/20) Have faith that success is something you can achieve — and something you can achieve soon. It’s true that not everything can be on your timetable, but that doesn’t mean that things are not going to happen. Right now, you are suffering from a bout of impatience … and you need to cure yourself of it. Get active with the lighter side of your life as soon as possible. If…
A friend of ours wants to be a mother so bad she would adopt any child you put in her lap. And yet this morning I read about a 3-year-old child that was left unattended in a car yesterday when the temperatures soared for not one hour but for many hours while the adult who was in charge of the child sat inside an air conditioned house not but a few feet away. We all…
Today marks the beginning of Hurricane Season and from what Mayor Landrieu told us the waters in the Gulf are warmer than usual for this time and so we might expect a bad season – bad in any sense, a storm could do as much damage as a Category 4 Hurricane according to experts. And here we sit, waiting to learn our fate. Right now, work continues on the LaLa, the nonstop maintenance that comes…
We were driving home from Memphis and as we crossed the Bonnet Carre Spillway water was rushing in white cap waves into the lake from the openings of the Morganza. There was a big sign that said you are not allowed to stop and watch the water for the next four miles, and there were cars pulled over doing just that, watching the water rushing in. The Mississippi has crested and receded, I think it…
I’ve made some executive decisions to give up some of the luxury items in my life – the blow-drys, the yoga studio, and of course the clothes, shoes, jewelry, and whatnots that I used to be so fond of acquiring. I moved my hair appointment out by another four weeks and have to just deal with the sight of grey hair in my hairline. What doesn’t go away are the big bills like the mortgage.…
We just got back from a long and windy road that led to Memphis and then outside of the city to the prison that holds my brother captive. He said they are unreasonable there, and well, let me just tell you that is only the half of it. I showed up and got turned away because Tin had sandals on and my sundress was sleeveless. We flew like banshees to WalMart and did a James…