Emails are coming in from all over the world, celebrating this election. Here is a sampling from hundreds sent to the Caucus Section of The New York Times. Original syntax and spelling makes them even more wonderful. Read ‘em and weep –or smile.

Warmest, sincerest congratulations to Barac… Read full post »

Like many of us, I'm sharing this historic night with family and friends and I have high hopes that it will become a celebration.

So, a couple of tips.You may have some, too:

-- Have cameras and video ready to go.

-- Put out a buffet… Read full post »

I‘ve written some loving tributes to my late husband on OS. But I also have been a single woman for many years between my first and second marriages, and after.

Inspired by Dorinda’s recent game, o’steph’s coming out as a naturist, and the sexy posts that have… Read full post »

I‘ve written some loving tributes to my late husband on OS. But I also have been a single woman for many years between my first and second marriages, and after.  

 For many years I lived in rural Pocantico, Hills New York, near the home of Washington Irving, the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Irving is buried in the cemetery near my house along with members of the Van Tassel family. Remember the fictional Katrina Van Tassel?

We were… Read full post »

In 2000, 537 Florida votes changed history, and we’ve suffered mightily since. That’s why it’s crucial to get out every vote possible next Tuesday, and not forget about the cohort that numbers over a quarter of the electorate: single women.

Before the Pennsylvania primary CNN commen… Read full post »

Like most of us, I’m trying to find ways to cut back with a bit of cheer in this volatile financial situation. So here are some money-saving suggestions while my 401k fluctuates from bad to worse to bad, and the cable pundits drone on.

You can make this a game by adding your… Read full post »

With all the tension and anxiety of this last week of the election, below is the funniest interactive political site I've found. It features Sarah Palin in the Oval Office ( a parody, of course). It's tweaked regularly. Just click around on it, and enjoy!

http://palinaspresident.u… Read full post »

This is ridiculous. I’ve been tossing almost an hour now. Should I take part of a pill? No, I’ll turn on the TV with the sleep element. 30 minutes, no 60. Too loud. I don’t want to hear the words. Just the noise. Repeat of Larry King. Michael Moore is on.… Read full post »

In July, 2001, two weeks after I reserved a cabin on an island off the coast of New Brunswick Canada for a romantic getaway with my husband Chaim, he was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor, and three months later, he was gone.

The next summer,… Read full post »

Today I signed and mailed my Florida absentee ballot for this historic election. Hard for me to believe, but my first presidential vote was for Lyndon Johnson, who later passed The Voting Rights Act at a time when blacks were frequently denied that right, let alone the possibility of… Read full post »

Christopher Hitchens, the brilliant, cynical commentator on American life and long-time Iraq war supporter has just written his endorsement on slate.com, by skewering McCain/Palin, especially Palin.  In part:

The most insulting thing that a politician can do is to compel you to ask your… Read full post »

Whether you're a moocher or a moochee, (or both) chances are that you've participated in the mooching experience even before this financial crisis. It's normal to visit family or stay with friends. But with the desperation level climbing, the economic future volatile, and the holidays ahead, I sugges… Read full post »

I was struck by one man at a recent McCain rally in Wisconsin. “I am begging you, sir. I am begging you, ”  he beseeched. His name, I found out, is James T. Harris, and he is an African-American radio host in Milwaukee. He was asking McCain to go… Read full post »

I was in a hotel room in Quebec Canada breaking up with the man I had been living with on and off for five years, and when that white Bronco came on the TV at the foot of our bed we stopped breaking up and stayed together through most of the… Read full post »

Dusseldorf, Germany – Everyone here was talking about first presidential debate last night, but I was the only one in my group who I stayed up till three am to watch. I just had to see the debate. I slept a couple of hours before, and a couple after,… Read full post »

According to the Pahrump Valley Times, a  legal brothel near Las Vegas called Angel's Ladies closed recently, perhaps because of the rising cost of gas.  

The Obama team is suddenly making a huge effort to gain women’s votes, but many die-hard Hillary supporters – dozens of my acquaintances -- remain bruised and confused. The fact that Palin is on the ticket when HRC wasn’t even vetted may turn out to have been… Read full post »

I was visiting a donkey sanctuary in Aruba, and I saw a week-old donkey who couldn’t get up, and whose mother seemed disinterested. Chickens were pecking around in the dust, and a turquoise lizard scurried by.  A tall man in a black tee-shirt, carrying a white rat, came closer. I/… Read full post »

When I was a kid my Aunt Hilda took me to Gettysburg, where thousands of Union and Confederate troops battled to bloody deaths. Try as I might to conjure up the awfulness and randomness and loss, to me it still looked like a field.

Not so the gentle ground near Shanksville,… Read full post »

I’d rather be forced to read a dozen New York Times columns by Bill Kristol than go to a wedding alone. When the slow-dance music starts I usually head straight for the ladies room, or the door. And as for funerals, well, they’re obviously difficult for anybody. But the two weddings/… Read full post »

I know, I know: dismissing pit bull Sarah Palin and all her baggage seems like a -- excuse-the-expression -- no-brainer. But if you think dubious distinction, low expectations and lightweight cred in a Veep candidate matter much, just remember two elected vice presidents: Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle.… Read full post »

With another school year starting, I think back to my least favorite first day in class, back in the 1950s when I was beginning seventh grade at Nautilus Junior High School in Miami Beach.  Kids called it “Nauseous” because of the color of the facade, and the lousy lunch/… Read full post »