Earlier in my life, I used to go to very expensive restaurants but then I got tired of overwrought, small bites at exorbitant prices. Lately, it seems like my best meals are eaten at home as evidenced when our friends were visiting us from Croatia and every night we took turns at a meal and every night had something delicious. Tuesday I got home to the smell of kapuska, a Turkish dish that T makes…
We live in a DIY world and the reason is that if you don’t do it yourself then you have to deal with all those people out there. You know the type – the thermometer broke on our A/C, the guy comes out, no longer has the same thermometer so now we have one that is half the size of the old one, more complicated to use and a hole in the wall where the…
I’m in the midst of an avalanche of work and last night went to yoga where the topic was peace and how to find peace in your mind especially when you feel like you can’t let go of work, or can’t quit obsessing about your relationship, or you are just stuck thinking about something that is giving you no peace. The hour and a half that we worked our way into poses and twists cleared…
I receive emails from a community group and it never ceases to amaze me how people in the same area can be so divided on what is a crisis and what is not. The latest email had me almost belly laughing as the person said “They smoke marijuana” behind the store! Gadzooks – marijuana! Which by the way, should be legal. Really I am not vested in this, I’m not a stoner, but marijuana for…
I went over to Mom’s apartment last night and discovered clothes everywhere as if the drawers, linen and clothes closets had exploded. She said she was having trouble folding. So I folded and hung and put away sheets to blouses. She said thanks, it looks less depressing now. We ate some dinner I had brought from Whole Foods – tortilla soup and quesadillas. She had exactly one teaspoon of soup and a bite of the…
I spoke with a lot of parents over the past week from all over and they all said the same thing, the first five years are killer. No sleep and no independence. Didn’t I read somewhere that humans are born too early, like maybe five years too early, because they are incapable of fending for themselves and require a parent (or two). Maybe that is why when I was sitting on a flight home from…
I brought a timer up to my desk and was supposed to set it for every 30 minutes to force me to stand up and stretch. I made a work out schedule for lifting weights and running and spinning so that I could stay flexible and lose this 10 pound paunch. I made an outlook reminder to remember to take time to read and think. I brought a Brita up to my office to remember…
Flannery O’Connor said that you have to practice the daily habit of writing to be there when the inspiration comes. After being away from my desk for a week and then coming back to way too many social engagements, I miss the opportunity to just write at whim. Every entry is not going to be profound – but you have a better shot if you are doing it every day and flexing your muscles. The…
I was discussing the notion of men being fathers and making men out of men and my latest musings on whether or not men are encouraged to tough up because they are being taught by another man who has been taught by another man to tough up, or if that is the way men are, or more to the point, if we adopt a son, would we be able to provide enough male role models,…
Rachel Alexandra won! Borel, who rode Mine That Bird to the Derby triumph two weeks ago, said: “She’s the greatest horse I have ever been on in my life.” The Kentucky-bred daughter of Medaglia d’Oro had won her previous five races by a total of 43 1/2 lengths and her owners decided it was time to test her ability against male horses. Rachel Alexandra justified the confidence by becoming the first filly to win the…