I'm not a math person. But like it or not, it's all adding up.

Why I think working with contractors is often like dancing with a partner who doesn't really like to dance...

When you "dance like no one is watching", and yet they are.

My first child, with whom I likely made the most mistakes, since I had no idea what I was doing. Kinda' like making pancakes, because...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Beware things that look simple – they can be hiding many layers of complication. Like packing. I admire people who can grab a couple...

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...

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...

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...

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. I believe in it. The universe causing things to happen or appear at a time when they are most meaningful. And yes, I've...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Curated Quotes Examinations of a black walnut: “It’s called a porcupine because if you touch it, it’ll pork you.” After sampling chili:...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...