The U.S. is about to seat a new justice to the Supreme Court. Today, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified against Kavanaugh whom she...

“Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it has given me me. It has provided time and experience and failures and...

It’s my last weekend as a 43-year old and it’s been rather sedate.  Is this 44? Sedate?  On Friday, author Stephen King thanked the...

I once tried to introduce the concept of self-care Sunday to a male friend.  I think he interpreted self-care as getting laid - - by a...

On Monday evening, Andrea and I celebrated our anniversary by dining at the Reading Room in the Bar Harbor Inn. The origins of the inn...

This morning, I lost sight of the dog for a moment. Concerned that he’d find trouble, or I would in the event I'd misplaced him, I began...

If you don’t make sufficient time to relax, by the time you go on vacation, you PACK ALL THE THINGS! To facilitate relaxation and every...

Lately, I’ve been kind of tired. I don’t know what’s to blame but recently, my mom helpfully reminded me that I’m not in my 20s anymore....

I’ve been using the app Duolingo to learn some French. At first, lessons covered phrases like: “I am a cat.” WTF. That’s utterly...

This has been kind of a strange week. It began with 3 nights of restless dreams where my friend who passed away 7 years ago showed up,...

I spent the first part of the week traveling for work. When I arrived at my destination, I made my way to the rental car garage. It was...

Saturday evening, Andrea and I stopped at what we affectionately refer to as the “bodega” around the corner from our home. Which is to...

I’ve always admired people who have a passion to pursue. In fact, I’ve often felt envious of people whom I’ve known, and haven’t known,...

The last time I truly, deeply cared what other people thought of me was probably in 1996. That year, many of my former high school...

Tonight after work, I made it a point to jump into my pool and float.  Eyes skyward and the world on mute.  A bird flying overhead.  As I...

So the good news is you probably won’t hear about my breasts for a while because, I am happy to report, they are benign! I have 2...

If you read yesterday’s post, you may have thought I was kinda down in the dumps. You’d have thought right. Andrea took me to dinner at...

Yesterday, as my fight was about to lift off from the O’Hare runway, my cell phone rang. I saw that it was someone from work and...

I’m wrapping up a week in Illinois which is the longest stretch of time I’ve spent here in I honestly cannot remember how long. The...

I flew to Chicago today and was able to spend some time with my mom before she kindly chauffeured me to the downtown hotel where I’ll be...