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How It Usually Is
Here in the East, we’d be awaiting spring, our cotton khakis and polo shirts stacked in the wings. The daffodils in the Park, who’ve just arrived like pretty girls, would delight us, knowing they’re emissaries, announcing her imminent arrival. … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Beauty, Culture, Faith, Gratitude, Health, humanity, inspiration, kids, media, music, New York City, Women and men
Tagged Central Park, Coronavirus a year from now, Spring in the wings, warm weather
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Reasons Why Women Need a Man
To put lotion on your back, in February. To fix the cable, after you’ve kicked the box across the room. To spoon with when you get a little chilly. To happily do all the driving while you give directions as … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Home, humanity, humor, sex, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged Domestic Bliss, men and women, Men who dote on their women, The gardener and the flower
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Best Story of the Week…January 16th
It’s twilight as I make my way home after a putting in a pretty long day. A guy coming the other way waves and says, “Someone is calling you.” I turn, and there’s another guy, a real cutie, bundled in … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Culture, friendship, humor, New York City, Women and men, words
Tagged A dropped glove, flirtation, Golden Retreivers, women of a certain age
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Adverbs, Vonnegut and Me
Kurt Vonnegut loathed adverbs (a noun, word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group), slaying them at every turn, making me aware how often I use them. That LY you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in art, Books, creative writing, Fashion, humanity, humor, inspiration, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged Adverbs, Ernest Hemingway, grammar, Kurt Vonnegut, Nora Ephron, The Last Interview Series
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His and Hers
She was blonde, he dark, her head buried in his shoulder as they strolled arm and arm. They looked European the way they dressed, simply, but with taste, as if they both entered the world that way. I noticed her … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Fashion, inspiration, Love, Women and men, words
Tagged first love, kissing couples, Painful breakups, Young romance
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Fashion That Never Sleeps
One of my favorite things to wear I never get tired of, is a little black dress most people associate with Audrey Hepburn. But the person who deserves the credit is the designer, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, who in 1926, through … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Culture, Fashion, grace, History, war, Women and men, writing
Tagged Breakfast At Tiffany, Capezio Flats, Coco Chanel, The Burberry Raincoat, The Little Black Dress
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Best Story of the Week…November 14
Kindness, let’s face it, has been globally down a quart, every man for himself, the world’s new motto. Nowadays when you hold a door, ask how someone is or even say thank you, you’re looked upon as a freak. But … Continue reading
The Few and Far Between
I always marvel at the people one meets who are more than willing to help you. It’s rarely who you’d expect to step up to the plate on your behalf. I’m in an area of Brooklyn I’ve never been before, … Continue reading
