I sat watching a beautiful young woman in the front of a crowded church. She was poised, graceful—and heartbroken— delivering the eulogy for her elegant and talented mother, Alison Golway Jaurique, who died last week, too suddenly and too soon. Alison was a neighbor; I knew her only casually until her daughter Lauren opened a window and […]
the life of the party….
Awhile back I bitched blogged about how family obligations prevented me from attending a historic reunion of television pioneers from WTVJ Miami. I was really disappointed to miss this event—to miss seeing people who were such an important part of my past. And in the end….I figured out a way to get there after all. OK, so […]
Goodbye again
This was 18 months ago, when Alli, V and I were at San Francisco airport waiting to meet her husband. They had not seen each other for almost a year— they would have two weeks together, before he would return to Iraq to continue his 15- month deployment. As we stood at the gate holding our signs, […]
The trouble with cats….and dogs
Peppy is a low-maintenance pet. Nothing has ever been wrong with her–except for the time I accidentally slammed the front door shut—on her tail (documented by this picture). The kids and I never quite got over that—but fortunately Peppy did. When Socks died a few days ago, I thought about someday losing Peppy– although she’s […]
Socks
I was in a card store today and happened to notice a whole slew of pet sympathy cards. A sign of the times. And maybe another sign from the universe since I got home and saw a headline that the Clintons’ cat Socks had died. I’m not buying them a card. I didn’t follow Socks’ […]
apples and oranges
My hike to the airport from the inauguration definitely qualified as intense exercise. So it allowed me to feel almost okay that I’ve avoided working out ever since. This week I returned to the Power Plate. And I mentioned to my sister that I finally worked out after a month. Though she praised me for […]
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