Start your Sunday with a fantasy: it doesn’t matter where or what. Forget everything that bothers you as you walk to get the paper. Look at the sky and smile. There is nothing you can do to change anyone else, you can only choose how to be with them.Sometimes the hardest choice is letting go …
Bedroom Scene In my bedroom atop a credenza (circa 1830) A red robin sits alongside a great gray owl Nebulosis In color. The owl, that is. The robin never sits still His breast plump and breathless Effervescent, optimistic, romantic. The Great Gray swivels Like a tennis match His head. Never sure who to listen … Continue reading »
Large White Bed Speaks For so long there was weight Only on my left side: Tranquil and fragrant, When restless, a soft spinning Of limbs. I grew used to the small sighs And random patterns. The dim And desires. One night a large section Of my right side was displaced: Suddenly Like water in a … Continue reading »
It’s a love poem written in several voices as we were younger and now we are nearly old though you will never admit that. You are kinder now and more tuned in to me though that is not to say you were not tuned in before. I look at you and see silver hair which I … Continue reading »
Remembering Something You Thought You Wouldn’t Again I believe in love and second chances. I believe in the power of memory. I love to reflect on whom I might have married or where I might have lived. I love nothing more than a glance from an attractive man in a public place which says to … Continue reading »
If Barack Obama were running against Hilary Clinton tomorrow, who would you vote for? Continue reading »
Image via Wikipedia Last winter I dated briefly a man who preferred women to have had plastic surgery. I didn’t know this initially and liked the fact that he seemed to have dated women in his age range which is highly unusual among men who are in their sixties. I have met so many men … Continue reading »
Back to School in Connecticut The drive back from where ever we happened to have gone for the summer seemed to go by in crawling seconds, each one of us fighting for the window seat and then elbowing each other if we were in the middle. We hung our elbows desperately out of the … Continue reading »
go see this film as it will shock you but inspire you. We need heroines and this film depicts one!It’s the best movie I have seen in ages! Continue reading »
I read the obituaries every morning as many people do. I have no idea why we do this. I look for reasons why people died, how old they were when they died, who survived them, etc. The other morning I saw that my childhood friend had died in February of a long term illness. There … Continue reading »
Gloria Steinem and other reflections Some years ago when I was young and just married I was asked by someone whose name I don’t remember to host a dinner for Gloria Steinem at our house in San Francisco. My husband was always curious about meeting new people and very happy to host any number of … Continue reading »
When the Kennedy’s came to stay.. Most of our childhood was spent in relative peace within the confines of 11 Meadowcroft Lane or Stowe, Vermont once my Dad made a little more money! There were so many of us it seemed to me it was impossible to be alone and I am sure that is … Continue reading »
Spain defaulting, Greece unstable, and we can’t agree on how to solve our own debit problems. Obama says things will get better but does anyone believe it? No wonder people seem angry all the time and drinking more all the time. I think drinking is a good indicator of your level of happiness: the more … Continue reading »
Beginning in June Beginning in June I would count the days until we had to go back to school. Even before the dull heat of a Connecticut summer had really hit our shores, I was thinking about math class. I was remembering with great clarity the stiff formality of Mr. Palmer with his heavy black … Continue reading »
May 27th, 2011 The following is quoted from brendabrush.com, a great resource for what’s in the stars for us all! Dear Friends, The signs of communication are taking center stage. The last couple of years the Eclipses have been in Cancer and Capricorn. This has brought our attention to jobs, security, real estate, … Continue reading »
My Grandfather’s house in New York City was on east sixty Fourth Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison ,very close to Central Park as well as the finest shopping area of Manhattan. It was an important house for an important man who had an important family and an important life. The house was brick and … Continue reading »
Happy Mother’s Day, Olive Olive C. Watson was born in Montclair, New Jersey, to a family with not many resources. It was clear from an early age to Olive that all she had to parlay herself into a better life were her looks and her mother reminded her of this on a daily basis. She … Continue reading »
More on Match.com All right all of you who responded so quickly to my blog on Match! I couldn’t believe how many of you were so interested or so in agreement with me. The interesting thing was most of my responders were women, but, then again, I don’t know why that surprises me. I read … Continue reading »
Finding a Match on Match.com Yes, it may seem strange to married people that many are seeking love on Match.com, but it is very true in todays’ world of high tech compatibility. There are many young people on Match which is natural, but there are many older people as well. There are people from “good … Continue reading »
Saturday Night So it’s Saturday night and I am at a beach where the waves are still in shock from the thought of a Tsunami. The evening is still and even the sea grass floats more slowly. Nothing could happen or anything could happen and no one really cares. They say the force of the … Continue reading »
An Evening at the Cinebistro in Vail…. So my friends and I decide to go to the movies in Vail where it has been so cold one doesn’t want to venture outside. We choose a movie we think will be entertaining and are excited to be going to a place where they serve dinner while … Continue reading »
Lament to Valentine’s Day I am not sure why it exists but do realize it has something to do with St Valentine, maybe Cupid, and definitely Hallmark cards. I start to worry about Valentine’s Day a few weeks before it happens. Why do I worry, you might ask? Right. Normal people don’t worry. Normal people … Continue reading »
A Stroke The meaning of the word is interesting, isn’t it? Someone can be stroked by someone else, be slapped by someone else, have a stroke of luck, or have their brain slapped by itself resulting in some kind of disability. Recently a friend of mine had a stroke and she happens to be 88. … Continue reading »
Celestial Navigation: When being guided by the night sky It is important to keep your eyes closed and your ears, open. Watch carefully the distance between stars And don’t try to steal third base when you are on Mars. If you find yourself feeling joyful on Jupiter Take the first right and keep on … Continue reading »
Finding your bliss in the pool Last night I went to a water aerobics class at a local pool and got there early as usual. The night was cool and the water, warm, and the sky was filled with stars. As I was the only one in the pool I half heartedly began a … Continue reading »
There are a million people out there who haven’t had the new year come yet. Billions of us. All have some feeling of hope or loss or depression or gratitude. Here in Hawaii where there are many on vacation the air is filled with the heaviness of night and plumeria, sorrow and breathtaking joy, expectation … Continue reading »
An older and much wiser friend of mine said to me recently something I found very interesting. She commented on how those of us in the baby boomer generation have a hard time letting our children separate from us and live their own lives. She said she noticed how many adults were depending on their … Continue reading »
Listen to the rain and forget about the tinsel. Continue reading »
Please say a prayer for Richard Holbrooke who had a heart attack today. He is simply an amazing man who has brokered peace for years. Continue reading »
The year my heroes died This year quite a few of my heroes and friends died: Howard Lester, Walter Shorenstein, Dodie Rosecrans, Dick Goldman, and on and on. Yes, it is true that for the most part their lives were long and fulfilled but I still miss them and always will. I wonder if we … Continue reading »
This time of year is always interesting as on occasion, despite attempts at maturity and evolvement, one may revert to a child’s perspective and remember all of the excitement and expectation surrounding Christmas. In our house acquiring the tree was always an interesting adventure. Our mother would ask who wanted to go on this adventure … Continue reading »
December 5th: Today is Sunday, the day ruled by the Sun. The Sun is in Sagittarius, and it is time to be open and optimistic. There is a New Moon at 13 degrees Sagittarius 28 minutes at 12:36 pm EST today. This is quite a turning point day. Uranus goes direct today at 26 degrees … Continue reading »
Ode to a Stone I was thinking about the loyalty of the round gray stone outside my front door this morning. Preparing patiently to be washed by the rain. Not objecting to an occasional kick and the resulting change of side to the light. The stone sits outside my front door for as long as … Continue reading »
Why do I love Manka’s? I love Manka’s because they have magic! If you have never been to Manka’s you have no idea what I am talking about so I encourage you to go. It is an inn in Inverness where one registers at a Gulf Stream trailer and someone interesting will take you to … Continue reading »
Once, long ago, I wrote a poem on Thanksgiving about a couple who were standing on a stone wall outside their house. They were wearing matching Fairisle sweaters with wreaths around their necks and were in their fifties. A bird swooped down and took the husbands sweater in his mouth and flew away with him. The wife … Continue reading »
In Russia rich husbands are a scarcity so women are learning pole dancing to attract rich men. I wonder what men could do in the United States to attract rich women? This reminds me of the mating ritual of the peacock but in reverse. If a man were to learn something to attract a wife, … Continue reading »
The Secret Lives of Single People We can’t imagine how we would feel if others saw us alone at home. They might catch us lying on the couch in the middle of the day reading a junky magazine or eating popcorn for lunch. We might be seen staying home all day without speaking face … Continue reading »
Daylight Savings Time Winter’s claw is upon us In the local parking lot at five in the afternoon We scuttle for the supermarket doors Sliding open and closed Accepting anyone And back hurriedly out of the marked white lines Heading for home. The dark mountains sigh and fold into their crevices While the roads … Continue reading »
Men Who Walk Dogs Without Leashes Here we are on a lovely Sunday out for another perfect walk. Stanley is feeling pretty frisky which is a good thing considering he spent the first two years of his life “on the street”! My son makes fun of me when I say that but I think it’s … Continue reading »
Hybrid Drivers: Compassionate or Insane? So every morning Stan and I go for a two mile walk long before most normal folks have even batted one eye. It’s really lovely here by the bay and one can hear many sweet, early morning noises. I used to listen to the news on my IPHONE but one … Continue reading »
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