Will this be the event that finally convinces people that the United States needs Universal Healthcare. All around us, in the Greater New York community, people and businesses are making sacrifices, pledging to self isolate and cancelling events. The hard truth is that we are only as healthy as the sickest among us. And, this […]
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I’d like to skip to the end of this book that we’re living through. I’ve felt this way since the 2016 election. And, every time I think we’ve gotten near the end of the “book”, somehow more chapters are added and we’re back somewhere in the middle. The latest chapter is the 2020 presidential primary. […]
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It was a “wait, what?” moment. As I watched the Fox interview with Brett Kavanaugh, something he said just didn’t sound right. His assertion that “And yes, there were parties. And the drinking age was 18, and yes, the seniors were legal and had beer there” stopped me in my tracks. I knew we were […]
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You’re a little boy or girl watching a movie. As you’re watching, you are deciding: Who do I relate to? Who am I rooting for or against? And you’re wondering: does the character I’m relating to look anything like me? If you are part of the “majority”, you may not get this. You need to […]
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Like any contestant on Project Runway, my journey began at Mood. (Actually, I went into the many small wholesale shops in the high 30s and 40s first, but they just didn’t have what I needed.) In fact, it took a lot of searching at Mood, and a trip to the 4th floor, to find what […]
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Complete silence. That’s how I like to sleep. No TV, music, talking, white noise. Just silence. My son, on the other hand, needs both the TV and music. We called on his doctors for some “sound” advice. They told me that the music he was listening to (a “bubblegum” rock CD) was not a good choice. […]
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Boys and shopping. Two words that don’t easily go together. For not the first time in my son’s young life, when I finally got him to the shoe store, his foot had grown a full size (or size and ½ – depending on the make of the shoe.) How could this happen? How did he […]
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It’s the never ending battle against clutter. In this corner – a plethora of Xbox game disks that never seem to find their way back into their case, let alone back on the shelf. And in this corner – Mother of Invention. I took some inspiration from clever ideas to store 45 rpm records. Yes, […]
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