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It’s probably a combination of my, ahem, attentional deficits and my advanced age, but I’ve never adapted to using the calendar on my...

On one of my walks through downtown last week, I noticed a higher than usual number of dogs in strollers (something I’d never seen until...

The current climate (also known, on days when I’m less stable, as “the shitstorm we’re living through”) has me really leaning into a...

Those of you who are aware of my historical relationship with the holidays may be surprised to learn that, despite a year filled with...

This year has been the mother of all time warps. A mashup of Groundhog Day and Back to the Future. Each of the days spent visiting my mother in rehab or languishing on the couch with a fractured spine lasted at least a week. And yet wasn’t it just yesterday that a shiny new year was starting? A year that held so much promise? Not gonna lie. For me, this year has been one of the most difficult in a while and I’ll be happy to get some distance from it. We’re already back to the

As I enter my fourth week of extremely limited movement thanks to my latest gift from the Universe, my gratitude list is topped by my...

In a typical mid-century Italian American family, introspection was not a thing. Why would you think, let alone talk, about feelings?...

[Things have been a bit on the grim side here lately, so I’m sharing a lighter piece that I wrote a while back. I was initially hesitant...

I just got in last night (not in the morning—it seems I need to pay a bit more attention to detail) from my long-awaited, outstanding...

I’ve always loved making lists. In my overachieving days, they were a key to my productivity. In times of overwhelm, they soothed...

I climbed into bed with a half-smile and my heart singing. This was such a good day. As I mentally compiled my gratitude list, it became...

I’ve written before about the four-legged lunatic that has free reign of our house. He continues to provide daily doses of both hilarity...

[This week has been a pivot extravaganza. The standouts among a series of unanticipated events have been a microwave fire that narrowly...

It’s no secret that we all absorb ambient negativity to some degree, often unconsciously. For the past several years, I’ve been working...

I may never be an enthusiastic celebrant of the holidays (the fact that this year I considered requesting a medically induced coma from...