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That strikes me as a slightly personal question but one that foodies seem happy, if not eager, to answer. And apparently, the more obscure the items in their pantries, the happier they are to share. Esoterica rules. Last week, an Italian cook-book author was featured in the Saturday Wall Street Journal. She freely told the world which staples […]
That is the question of the times. And really, there’s only one good answer. Here’s a little history as to how I got there. There was a time, not so terribly long ago, when our daughter-in-law was in the super-sick ICU of the University of Michigan Hospitals. To put even a toe in her room, we not […]
It’ll come to this, I imagine. All this social-distancing will catch up with us. We’ll talk only to ourselves, muttering sweet nothings or not-so-sweet nothings. It’ll just be our own id and ego….battling it out. Just yesterday, we…..myself and I..….had this little tete-a-tete: Let’s wash our hair today. But we just washed it yesterday. Was […]
(With heartfelt apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of “Love in the Time of Cholera.) Here are a few life-lines that keep us somewhat sane during this time: Watching a great Rom-Com we missed first time around. Knowing our temperatures are comfortably below normal. Face-timing with family members, both far and near. Finding, not one, […]
I’m puzzled as to why I turn, compulsively, to puzzles when I’m stressed. I load up on volumes of old New York Times crossword puzzles. They’re blank canvases, ready to be completed. I order new jig-saw puzzles. Those jagged little pieces are just begging to be put together. I guess I do puzzles because they’re […]
If you live in hurricane-prone territory, you have a Go Box. It’s got all the hurricane evacuation basics. A little extra cash, hand-sanitizing wipes, power bars, water bottles, some first-aid gear, medicines, pet supplies, a few food staples, Kleenex and so on.. It’s at the ready when/if evacuation becomes mandatory. Here, on the coast of […]
We try. But, we don’t necessarily succeed. On the whole, we’re relatively comfortable in our clothes. We enjoy bright colors, old tee-shirts, pleated khakis and mis-matched socks. But when you go to New York, you can’t do that. If you want to be chic, or not stand out like a sore thumb, you have to […]
I’m down on my knees. Praying that he’s right. Praying that he’s right when he tells us that we don’t need to worry. That this virus is little more than the common cold. That it’s not highly contagious. That no one will die from it. That it won’t continue to scare the markets and cause […]
Increasingly, I think that medical questionnaires are seeking information that falls squarely into the category of “None of Your Business.” To wit: Our dear dermatologist of many years recently retired. He himself hadn’t seen the sun in eons but he forgave us our years of using that wonderful “baby-oil, iodine, and aluminum-foil” tanning method, or […]
Those words, spoken at the Oscars, on Sunday, February 9, 2020, were music to my ears. The words were also, and perhaps even more so, a balm for my eyes. I watched, in joy, as Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar accepted the Oscar for their documentary, American Factory. I cheered as they took their […]
Are they Crooks or Cronies? Perps or Pals? Burglars or Buddies? How about all of the above? A couple of weeks ago, I posed a simple one-question “survey” to a group of friends. The question was: “Have you ever stolen anything?” The responses were remarkable. With that seemingly innocent inquiry, I learned, to my great […]
Yes, the party is indeed over and it ended “not with a bang but a whimper.” To cite a bit from T. S. Eliot’s poem, The Hollow Men. Yes, I watched the impeachment trial. At least some of it. People got very long-winded and repetitive and my attention span waned. Yes, the I kept the […]
Nothing screams party like an impeachment trial! It brings out all the stars. The A-listers. The Old Guard. The Wannabees. The Media. All of them vying for a spot on the red carpet. Or the blue carpet, so as not to appear partisan. All the rest of us can do is sit on the sidelines […]
It’s rare these days when somebody wants my opinion. It seems that I’ve “aged out” of relevancy. Or value. At least as far as market research goes. So, when four educational institutions, each of which I hold in high esteem, asked me to participate in an online survey regarding my political views and behaviors, I […]
During my blogging years, I’ve introduced you to Carolyn. I hope you’ll enjoy getting to know her just a bit better. It’s a longer story than usual but she’s worth every word. Some people just can’t be edited. A few years ago, she had come to Hilton Head from The Villages to spend the night […]