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A house is not a home

I sometimes get attached to other people’s houses.  Sometimes people I don’t even know.   When I was a kid we drove an hour every Sunday to see my grandparents;  I spent the time both ways waiting to see certain houses.  This wasn’t an early appreciation for architecture;  the main attraction was two stories, since we […]

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From Victoria's Secret to support bras

I was at a dinner party the other night with close friends when I happened to mention that I spent several hours that day at Victoria’s Secret.   Bra shopping. One of my friends asked— “For you?”  She meant it seriously–but we all laughed.   It was funny—as long as you can see the humor in […]

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The power of a punchline

There’s a surprising amount of power in a sense of humor, sometimes including the power of attraction— humor is what connected me to my first husband.  Not only is he funny himself, he was the personal manager for Mel Brooks, a man who knows the power of a punchline. He told me once about a […]

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10 reasons I love you

It’s a day for love…to the tune of an estimated $18 billion dollars.  That’s a lot of hearts and flowers.  And a lot of chocolate.   I hope everyone gets some of both. I don’t buy into Valentine’s Day–I never come close to spending the national average of $116 per person— even before the economy tanked.   […]

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The Shame of the Stash

I used to have an earthquake kit and a medical emergency kit stashed someplace in the house.  Luckily I never needed to use them because I have no idea where they are.  But I do know where to find the more important stuff.   The brown stuff. So do my kids, who routinely bust me when […]

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Very Visible Women

How could you miss the irony?  There’s my piece on the Huffington Post, about women over 50 being invisible—right at the moment when 60-year old Arianna Huffington becomes just about the most visible woman in the world. I couldn’t help seeing the merger as a symbol that affects all women, all ages—whether or not it […]

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