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Unintentional Dancer
When you "dance like no one is watching", and yet they are.
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Sep 29, 20243 min read
Parenting: Mistakes Were Probably Made
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...
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Dec 13, 20235 min read
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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Jun 14, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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...
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
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...
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Jan 1, 20232 min read
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...
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Dec 14, 20221 min read
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...
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Nov 11, 20224 min read
What's For Dinner?
As Thanksgiving comes into focus, again we begin gathering the necessities and niceties of an annual celebration that follows the...
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Mar 11, 20222 min read
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...
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Feb 14, 20223 min read
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...
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Jan 18, 20223 min read
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...
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Nov 16, 20213 min read
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...
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Oct 27, 20214 min read
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...
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Oct 20, 20214 min read
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...
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Oct 13, 20213 min read
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...
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Oct 4, 20213 min read
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...
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Oct 3, 20212 min read
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...
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Sep 29, 20212 min read
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...
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Sep 22, 20212 min read
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...
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Aug 23, 20212 min read
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...
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Aug 23, 20211 min read
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:...
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Aug 18, 20211 min read
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...
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Aug 18, 20211 min read
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...
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Aug 18, 20212 min read
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,...
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Aug 10, 20214 min read
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...
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Aug 10, 20212 min read
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...
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