I was thinking the other day about what a real jerk I was in my twenties. Oblivious, insouciant, I was one of those obnoxious people who refused to not only hold open a door for the person behind me, but to thank someone for holding it open for me.… Read full post »

I honestly can’t believe that I have become the cliché:’ a stinky, hair-covered woman who talks in a baby voice to her new puppy. For years I was a pet-less person, and then I reluctantly became a cat person—reluctantly because I was working long hours at the time; but… Read full post »

I gave up marijuana in my late teens. I gave up cigarettes in my twenties. I (virtually) gave up hard liquor in my thirties. Is the end of beloved wine and coffee near?

At the time I gave up those substances, it was not for moral or ethical reasons, but… Read full post »

I recently saw Jane Fonda interviewed and was so struck by her insight that I went immediately to Amazon and purchased her new book Primetime, which was sort of surprising, even to me, considering that I am not seventy, and that it was Jane Fonda being interviewed.

Now, I… Read full post »

 “He always feels hot, I always feel cold.”– Natalia Ginzburg from her essay “He and I”

He likes air conditioning. I like heat. He keeps the temperature of our bedroom at North Pole conditions. He doesn’t like humidity and he doesn’t like to swea… Read full post »

 Twelve years ago, in staccato breaths, my sister came home to our bachelorette apartment and told me she’d had a breakthrough at a Kabbalah establishment in Manhattan over the loss of our mother. She’d been taking courses for a few months and in a private meeti… Read full post »

I changed my cat’s name when I got married. I don’t mean that I changed his last name to take on my husband’s. I changed his first name in the hopes of changing his personality. I had named the cat Giallo, on account of his yellow eyes. At the time I’d… Read full post »