1. Lingerie & pajamas. Bullshit. What do you really sleep in?  

Anything cotton, mostly pajama pants and camisole tops. My husband negotiates for sleeping in the nude and jokes it's the cure for all things. If I have a headache his response will be "You know the cure for that? Sleeping… Read full post »

I have no idea why I did it. So many people in my life have gaped at me in unadulterated shock at my stupidity while words of comfort roll off their tongues.  "No one knows what they would do in a situation like that", "There was so much happening so fast,… Read full post »

There was a time when the word cancer was whispered. Woman would gather in the kitchen over coffee and a cake that one had brought and discuss the news of the week. Greta was visiting relatives in Great Neck. Nancy was going to a resort in the Adirondacks with the children… Read full post »

Four years ago today things were not going according to plan! I needed to be making cupcakes for Charlie’s birthday tonight. This wasn’t good. My stomach was rolling and waves of dizziness forced me to sit in the tiled hall by the side door with a greyhound on a 12ft leash.… Read full post »

Nature has taken it’s vengeance on my children. Bob Marshall pronounced last Monday that the number of children born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. According to Mr. Marshall - a great scholar of the Old Testament - this is because the first born of all… Read full post »

Nana loved to cook. Being British, and of a certain age, a good roast dinner was a meat and 3 veg. Don’t ask what veg because I couldn’t tell you! I loved her dearly but it‘s hard to identify something that can be served with an ice-cream scoop. With roughage like… Read full post »

 My daughter found out that if you slap someone across the face it will get you detention. In this world of long names for obvious punishments it's called ISS in her middle school. I have no idea what that stands for and really don't give a shit.  This kid had been… Read full post »

I don't understand obsession. I've never called anyone on the phone time after time until they pick up - only to slam it down as soon as I hear their voice. Never created a shrine of photographs of my beloved to gaze upon or even driven by a boys house in the… Read full post »