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Hard bodies and hard truths
Not only do I have a sister who’s a personal trainer and a brother-in-law who bikes across entire states— I also live with a husband who runs gazillions of miles a week, whose family business is fitness. Life can be SO unfair. I definitely never signed up for this one. Personally I don’t need to sweat […]
How to handle a Jewish mother
Uncontrollable Mothering: Episode #2 in a sporadic series There are times in a mother’s life when the primal mothering instinct can suddenly take over your mind and body. There is no forewarning and no way to stop yourself. You have no conscious knowledge or control over what you do. This can occur whether your […]
"Meet the Fockers"
Although I’m Jewish, I don’t know much Yiddish. But I love the words I know, which perfectly capture things that the King’s English cannot begin to describe. Schlep. Schlemiel. Chutzpah. Chatchkes. Perfect words and impossible to imagine living without them. If Yiddish was still in use, maybe we would have words for other things equally […]
50 Stars
Every morning as a child, I stood by my desk in school, placed my hand over my heart, and said the pledge of allegiance to an American flag that had 48 stars. I’m old enough to remember when Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states–and old enough to forget which is which. I also […]
Parental baggage
Most of us inherit some psychological “baggage” from our parents. The stuff we carry around for a lifetime which makes us who we are; the stuff we try to unload or understand at some point if we’re lucky. When we become parents, we continue the cycle, loading baggage onto our own kids, the stuff that will […]
BURNING BRAS WITH KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
I always thought she was gorgeous. That face. That skin. That elegant willowy body. And talented. Period English films. Pirate action movies. A teenage soccer movie. What couldn’t that girl do? In addition to all that, Keira Knightley, age 23, now becomes my inspiration. For standing up to the Hollywood system and the popular culture […]
