In lieu of resolutions and all things ‘bettering yourself’ (bleh), I have seen many go-getters sprinting down the seawall like their life depends on it. Good for them, I…
Grace
New Year’s resolutions are those special little promises you make to be less like yourself and more like other, better people. Against the odds, we keep telling ourselves that…
A friend of mine showed up on my doorstep last week – hair wet, phone dead, car towed. It was a war scene if I’d ever seen one. As…
I think academic brain power is wasted on the young. Allow me to explain. Because I have chosen a profession that is essentially just committing to doing homework on…
My day was going fine – coffee was hot, snow made things still, the barista smiled at me. I had no real complaints, which is rare for me. And…
I am writing this from New York, New York and after several passes at that sentence, I still don’t know how to make it not sound pretentious. No matter,…
Shalom friends! Daylight savings is in full swing, and with it took any semblance of my adequate mental health. (Whoever deemed it appropriate to be plunged into darkness by…
The month of November is nothing if not mildly boring. The hype of Halloween and excuse to sexualize inanimate objects and mundane professions is over. “Pumpkin spice latte season”…
A particularly unlikeable public figure has metaphorically snatched the mic, yet again. Yes, I’m talking about Kanye West. West is also known as (for my age 50+ readers) “Yeezy”,…
I’m thinking of re-cutting bangs and no, this doesn’t mean I’m having a crisis. For whatever reason, the act of cutting the front pieces of your hair shorter than…