HALLELUJAH
HALLELUJAH You are getting notice of my new blog post on Tuesday morning at the same time that I am getting my new eye. Not a whole eye....
22 THINGS TO DO AFTER YOU LEAN IN
After following Sheryl Sandberg’s advice to lean in, you might want to: order in stay in come in(from shopping, the gym, the snow or...
The Kids Are All Right and What Do You Think About Clive?
Last week was family-rich and full. My husband and I saw all our kids and grandson in new and different ways. He had lunch alone with...
MY STUDENTS, PAUL NEWMAN, BETTY, MOM AND THAT’S NOT ALL
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” ― Mark Twain I came...
50 THINGS THAT ARE BETTER THAN SEX
My current AARP column, 50 Things That Are Better Than Sex, can be found at this link: www.aarp.org/home-family/home-family-experts/singl...
VALENTINES TO MY FAVORITE GUYS
To my stepson: I never knew a fencer before. You’re great! I ‘get’ why your dad is so proud. I’m looking forward to coming to your...
VALENTINES TO SOME OF THE GIRLS
To Brenda: We became acquainted less than a year ago when you started reading my blog. I think it was with THE JOYS OF NOT DOING YOGA...
Sometimey or Sometimesy
Sometimey or Sometimesy At a recent New York City Ballet cocktail party, I had the opportunity to talk with a few of the company’s...
Longer Walks, Smaller Plates, and No More Victoria’s Secret
Longer Walks, Smaller Plates, and No More Victoria’s Secret The following are some of my resolutions for 2013. To stay fit, take longer...


LOVE AND WORK AND STUFF AND BECOMING A REDUCED PERSON
Tolstoy, in a letter to Valerya Aresenyev, November 9, 1856, said, “One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and...