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Groundhog Day–29 years later

On Groundhog Day 1984  I became  a mom.    Which makes today my daughter’s 29th birthday. How is it possible that I have a 29 year old daughter when I’m only 28?  (At least that’s about how old I feel.) Like every  mom, I love Alli so much, and I’m so proud, I couldn’t possibly […]

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Another side of the woman at Hefner's side for over 40 years

I just read about the death of Mary O’Connor, who worked for Hugh Hefner for more than 40 years and was known as the Bunny housemother, appearing on The Girls Next Door.   I’ve never seen the show;  but I’ve seen the girls on the show and Hef mourning her passing on the internet.  And attached to […]

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One year later: 12 Things I would tell him

Today is exactly a year since Howard died. It’s hard to believe.   He loomed so large in my life, I still find it hard to imagine the world without him in it. As my husband V says of my former husband, Howard left a huge hole. I’ve tried to fill some of that with words and […]

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A fashion disaster averts a Disney disaster

It’s not just that the sweatshirt looks like a kindergarten craft project. And it’s not just that I’m dressed exactly like my 5 year old. Dressing as twinsies wasn’t an occasional occurrence. It was a fashion statement; maybe not daily, but way too often. I was so over the moon to be a mom that […]

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Distraction by Zynga

  I just read in USA Today that the residents of Farmville are in deep shit:  Zynga is having a financial and management crisis. I don’t play Farmville but I did happen to be at Zynga last week; and I could see the signs. Actually I was in San Francisco for the first BlogHer Pro conference, which […]

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Christian for Chanukkah with a Latke Love

What do you do when your kids are Jewish but they go to Christian schools? You won’t find the answers in the Old Testament or the Talmud.  But you might find answers in a cookbook, metaphorically speaking. As someone who grew up in a kosher home,  one thing I never signed up for is that […]

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