I’m visiting friends who live a few hours away—which brings back the sights and smells of other summers when my kids were small. Before I knew we’d ever relocate to Carmel, my kids and I spent a couple summers down the coast near San Luis Obispo. For city folks, this was our first introduction to […]
Broken up
In my last post I wrote about my 16th anniversary with my husband. And already I’m broken up over someone else—who I met behind V’s back. It started a few months ago. He didn’t have to say a word. The minute I saw him, I fell for him…..hard. He was hard, too. And kind of […]
Rocket and Sock it
I haven’t been online as often lately. Partly for the same reason that would possess a person to sleep with her hands stuck inside two balls of socks. Don’t ask. (Obviously I’m going to tell you anyway.) It started a couple weeks ago when my right thumb hurt. Actually what hurt wasn’t my thumb—it was […]
By the C by the sea
Answer to the most frequently asked question around here: No, Clint Eastwood is no longer the mayor; but he’s still Carmel’s most famous citizen. Among other local oddities like no streetlights, no high heels and no eating ice cream on the street ( NOT urban legends but actual city ordinances) my biggest surprise 15 years […]
10 Christmas Confessions
#1. I’m Jewish. So actually I have no business writing about Christmas. Or confessions. #2. I grew up in a kosher home. We also hung stockings and got presents Christmas morning. #3. My husband is Christian. We celebrate Christmas with his family; and he doesn’t even mind that we don’t have a Christmas tree. #4. […]
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 […]
