I dreamed of him again last night and found it harder than usual to shake it off.

The outcome is the same. He always chooses the door.

His conscious decision I used to call it.

I let him in, knowing what the outcome will be.

 Lately I’ve been thinking… Read full post »

My phone rang at 6:45 last night. Actually, both my home phone and my cell phone rang within seconds of each other. My good friend on one, my sister on the other.

“I’m just giving you a heads up” my sister said, “you’re about to be put on the spot, and… Read full post »

“I used to do wigs in my basement,” she said. “The boy who lived down the street, who is now a councilman by the way, used to deliver them in big white boxes.”

“The hair was connected to a piece of canvas and you had to make sure it dried right… Read full post »

Close the lavatory door when you’re done, bring something pleasant smelling that you can sniff occasionally, and don’t forget to check the layout of the plane before you choose your seat.

I travel a lot. For work and for fun. I am what the TSA calls an “expert traveler”. I hav… Read full post »

I got a surprise email from an old friend today. He is an old friend, a treasured friend, but a friend whose path wound up differing enough from mine that we weren’t sure for a long time if we could even still call each other friends. At least I wasn’t. We… Read full post »

This was originally posted on my old site on 3/29/09.

For as long as I can remember I have not loved Sundays. I have, however, loved the idea of a day that was open to doing something fun, planning something fun, or just having the day to do nothing if… Read full post »

It’s happening again. The thin bridge sitting right on top of the water. The cars crossing back and forth. I know I have to cross it, but I don’t want to.

This time I’m walking instead of driving, but that doesn’t change the outcome.

The water begins… Read full post »

The wine glass crashing to the floor really didn’t make a difference; the place was already a mess.

It surprised me, as she always seemed so self-assured and put together. I tried to clean it up, but the slices and slivers of glass were everywhere. I decided that I didn’t… Read full post »

This post is off-topic, but I need to post it anyway. I'm working on the next part of that story. I'm beginning to think that this is becoming much more than just an outlet for that story. This may be what I have been looking for for a long time to… Read full post »

So here I am on a random Friday night. Had a long week. Will probably have a longer one next week. Just relaxing. Watched a funny movie. Switched channels. As luck would have it, ABC’s 20/20 was doing a show titled : “Live to tell: Who Lives? Who Dies”. I was… Read full post »

Hi all. This is a bit of a tiny rant right now. I wrote this this morning. I  stick by it.

Alot of people have teased me about how often I seem to be on Facebook. But then, alot of them have also said that they look forward to my… Read full post »

I mentioned in my last post that I was going to post the stories that were printed in the local media. This is the one that was printed in the Hoboken Reporter, the local paper of Hoboken, NJ, the city just outside of NYC that  I called home at the time.… Read full post »

Just quickly, I want to clarify one point about my last post. The club that we were in on New Year’s 2005 wasn’t the one that caught on fire this past New Year’s. At least I don’t think it was. And, no, the fire didn’t happen the night we were there.… Read full post »

Bangkok is an amazing city and that has many different faces. Looking back on our itinerary, I would have sworn that we spend three full days sightseeing, shopping and experiencing all it has to offer. After I looked back at the list of hotels and dates and flights, I was surprised… Read full post »

When I read the story over the weekend about the fire that swept through a Bangkok nightclub on New Year’s Eve, my head pounded. When I read about the people trapped in the basement of the club, and the crush of people facing the large stage that were injured, burned, trampled… Read full post »

It’s taken me quite a while to get back to finishing my next post and I am a bit disappointed with myself because I really wanted to keep the commitment I made to myself to be writing and posting at least every other day. The truth is that I am finding… Read full post »

I feel compelled to put up this mini-post before I go ahead with another full post and next installment of this story. I just got off the phone with Ush. We were talking about the blog, and other places that are out there on the web to share stories and read… Read full post »

Several people have made the comment to me that this time of year must be hard for me. Honestly, I can’t decide if that's accurate or not. I'd be lying if I said that the trip isn’t something that I think about every day. It absolutely is. Not in the "dwelling… Read full post »

First of all, thanks to everyone for the support shown via Facebook. This a project that I have been trying to start for a long time and maybe never had the courage to do it until I saw how many people stood behind me. I still cannot figure out why telling… Read full post »