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Anna Quindlen and Me

05.23.2012

She wasn’t the prettiest, the thinnest, the most popular girl but she was really smart and seriously focused and as ambitious as any of the guys. These were the heady days of feminism after all. Anna was a sister.

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Walking Manhattan: Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, the Flower District and the Garment District

05.18.2012

We sat at the counter and thoroughly enjoyed our tamales, fried plantains and the waitress flirting with her body-builder customer. All in Spanish, of course.

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A Mother’s Lesssons

05.13.2012

In one six week blizzard of disobedience, I went from the youngest child who pleased his mother to the only one of the four children to get kicked out of the house.

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Embracing Ourselves at Fifty

04.20.2012

It’s so easy, here at middle age, to begin to pine for our youth, to have regrets, to think we missed the mark, to beat up on our younger selves.

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Bubby and the Menopausal Meltdown

01.09.2012

Don’t you love it when men say that kind of thing? “It’s OK, dear, you can’t help yourself, you’re just insane. I love you even though you’re a raving lunatic.”

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The Creation of a Grandfather

12.12.2011

With them, he could just be Papa, with no real responsibility or accountability – and so they got the best of him.

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Holiday Memories, Naughty or Nice

12.07.2011

Here’s a simple one:  what’s the one thing you could always count on at Christmas/Chanukah/Kwaanza/whatever? It could be something nice, like a gift or a tradition.  Or it could be something if not naughty, then just not nice. I’ll be posting my response tomorrow, and I’ll be rounding up all of yours in the comments.

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The Devolution of a Family Christmas

12.01.2011

The Christmas wreath on my door, festooned with ribbon and twinkling lights, is just southwest of the mezzuzah on the doorframe, and truth to tell, I like it that way.

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MidLifeBloggers Writers Workshop: ‘Tis the season

11.30.2011

This year Christians and Jews are blessed by having Christmas come right smack in the middle of Chanukah.

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LA, The Grove–oh, and the Penn State sex scandal

11.23.2011

Here is a photo of host Mario Lopez yesterday during the show. I can’t be more specific than that…

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