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Women on Writing Tour — The Disharmony of Silence
I’m a proud stop today on Linda Rosen’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF The Disharmony of Silence. It’s Women’s History month after all — shouldn’t we be supporting female…
Book Review — Practice, Practice, Practice
Practice, Practice, Practice: This Psychiatrist’s Life, by Dr. Daniela V. Gitlin is a biographical story of a psychological practice. If you’ve ever wondered what the shrink is thinking while you…
I Hate Cigarettes
When my mother turned 62 years old, in honor of her first Social Security check she threw herself a toga party. She did not invite my sister or I because,…
Dried-Up Old Hag
What my gynecologist actually said was, “Given that you’ll be 50 this summer, the odds of you getting pregnant without reproductive assistance are pretty slim. So we may want to…
Book Review — The Ride
J. Harold Melton’s “The Ride” is a very masculine novel. What do I mean by that? It smells like aftershave and bourbon and axle grease, with maybe an overtone of…
Buying Smarts
If you can’t come by them naturally, think about buying smarts. I’ve mentioned before that I don’t travel well, and this latest trip proves me right. My son and I…
Let Your Freak Flag Fly
The phrase, “Let Your Freak Flag Fly” has been tumbling around my head for a while. It pops in, unbidden, shouting, commanding, drowning out other, more hesitant phrases. I have…
Book Review: Sleeping Between Giants
When I tell you that “Sleeping Between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With a Terrier” by Dave Jaffe is a funny book, you seriously have to believe…
A Chinese Jewish Christmas Story
It seems like a poor marketing idea for a Chinese restaurant staff to piss off a collection of Jews on Erev Christmas. Let me back up. I live in the…
A Love Story (If I Wrote It)
In nearly every book I have ever read, from classical literature to bodice-ripper romance to biography to history, there is a character, almost always female, who transforms from a quiet,…
