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Planting Fields Arboretum
July 4, 2011

Reclaiming Your Peace

Years ago, I went to The Planting Fields arboretum with a relative by marriage. she should rest in peace, a chronic complainer who, that day, would not stop complaining about the sore in her mouth caused by her dentures. She kept pulling back her dentures to show it to me. Before long, I was as […]

June 26, 2011

Hold Fast To Your Inner Vision

Read my guest blog post on http://blog.motherhoodlaterthansooner.com/2011/06/guest-blog-post-your-inner-vision-by.html

The Perils of Positive Thinking
June 21, 2011

The Perils of Positive Thinking

I was listening to a Louise Hay CD with affirmations such as “Expect a Miracle” before I went off to the supermarket. As I’m waiting on line to check out, I keep repeating, “Expect a Miracle.” A woman rammed her cart into the backs of my ankles. Lesson learned: Instead of staying in your own head, look […]

How Aaron Gorman, buck naked, met Phil Rizzuto
June 13, 2011

How Aaron Gorman, buck naked, met Phil Rizzuto

In 1936, when ninety-two-year-old Aaron Gorman who is still a practicing accountant was a junior in Richmond High School in Queens, he pedaled hard on his bike to try to get to the baseball tryouts, but he was too late. “Please,” he begged the coach, “I had to deliver newspapers for my father.” The coach […]

Macy’s Snafu Leads to Enlightenment
June 5, 2011

Macy’s Snafu Leads to Enlightenment

Take a close look at my new skirt. I bought it at Macy’s and until I wore it to a party, I didn’t notice that the saleswoman had never removed the shoplifting gizmo and it hadn’t buzzed when I walked out of the store. I was so annoyed. At the party, I was trying to […]

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