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...
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- Apr 4
- 3 min
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...
- Jan 1
- 2 min
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...
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
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...
- Nov 11, 2022
- 4 min
What's For Dinner?
As Thanksgiving comes into focus, again we begin gathering the necessities and niceties of an annual celebration that follows the...
- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 14, 2022
- 3 min
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...
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
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...
- Nov 16, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
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...
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
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...
- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- Oct 3, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
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:...
- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
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...
- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
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...
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
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,...
- Aug 10, 2021
- 4 min
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...
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- Aug 10, 2021
- 1 min
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...
- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
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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