Dirty Pour
Everyone seated in the art studio had four red plastic cups of paint, one empty cup, and a blank canvas in front of them. And the action...
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nervous+annoyed
true stories from an
underappreciated overthinker
Humor Overrules
This post is also available for listening in the 2023 Listen to Your Mother multi-media collection. My mother made up a lot of rules for...
Cuckoo
Our Account Director had invited her team to dinner at her Manhattan apartment. As one of the youngest and newest to the team, I was both...
Above It
It would have been an innocent indulgence. I was heading to TJ Maxx for a quick hit of retail therapy, on the way to the more honorable...
1-23
Peeking out from the maelstrom of the holidays, the New Year appears, 1-23. And I’m still finding small shards of the afterbirth of...
Nutcracker On A Mission
There is a good reason why a miniature, slightly broken nutcracker was traveling around with me in my car. I had planned to sell him, but...
What's For Dinner?
As Thanksgiving comes into focus, again we begin gathering the necessities and niceties of an annual celebration that follows the...
Winging It
It was my first time with nothing more than a mic, a story I was ready to tell, and a paid audience. I was onstage at Comedy @the Carlson...
Pack Challenged
Beware things that look simple – they can be hiding many layers of complication. Like packing. I admire people who can grab a couple...
The nature of things
I’m no scientist. Only a daily observer of the way things seem to be, at least for me. There's irony in it, as if the Universe is saying...
Take It Outside
As far as I can tell, civilized society has evolved largely because of our agreement to separate that which is CLEAN from that which is...
Leaf it
File this under "It seemed like a good idea at the time." The cover story of the Weekend section was "Leaf Peeping"—going to parks to see...
While Waiting...
Me on the outside. Accompanied by several voices on the inside. For me, being quiet on the outside usually means my attention has been...
Synchronicity
Synchronicity. I believe in it. The universe causing things to happen or appear at a time when they are most meaningful. And yes, I've...
Juggling For a Job
Ogilvy & Mather in NYC was the job I really wanted and was a big part of my WHY for moving to NYC from Walnut, NY. * I had been working...
Boomerang Dress
One of my pet theories is that inanimate things can be sentient and can even make choices of their own. I mean if you accept that...
Unlikely Mugger
Scene: Lunchtime crowd on sunny day in NYC. On my lunch break, I was crossing 34th street on Fifth Avenue in a throng of people. A woman...
By Any Other Name (puh-leeez...)
It might be a good idea to have parents go thru some kind of process for naming their kids. Like a name-vetting app: Type in the...
First thoughts on First borns
First borns can be a bit of a science experiment. Gazing at the newborn baby's face, the mind-blowing realization of "How did we even get...
Verbatims from the Peanut Gallery
Curated Quotes Examinations of a black walnut: “It’s called a porcupine because if you touch it, it’ll pork you.” After sampling chili:...
Water Water Everywhere
While on my way with a vase of flowers and herbs filled with water to a great-aunt’s birthday celebration, I noticed how carefully I...
Monster Mash
My 6-year-old was in a phase of being too afraid to go upstairs by herself because of the imagined “monsters” that would surely be...
Spin Mama
Even as a career marketer I never really appreciated the true power of spin until I practiced it as a mother. After an 11-hour day,...
Postal Travels
Every so often the unbelievable lands at my feet. Like at the post office. My mother died, so I had to mail some papers to MetLife. You...
potty talk
File this one under "You Better Know the Answer Before You Ask the Question" I would like to have a plumber on retainer. Because when you...
Can We Please Sit Down?
If I were to create a platform for public office it would be this: That women need to sit down. I’m talking about bathrooms and the...
p@$$word
Not My Favorite Thing Sometimes pieces fall together in a way you’d never imagine. This is one of my (well-thought-out) reasons for...
Top Ten No Nos
One day I came home from work and noticed wax drips across the kitchen floor. As a Nervous & Annoyed parent with a special talent for...
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