Mont Saint Michel: French Magical Surprise
Mont Saint Michel: French Magical Surprise and a European Travel Gem On the western coast of France, between the somber beaches of Normandy and the legendary seafood of Saint Malo, lies Mont Saint Michel. This place, as iconic to France as the Eiffel Tower, is a...
The Cycles of Friendship – “Thanks for Stopping By”
The Cycles of Friendship - "Thanks for Stopping By..." Over the last 4 years I have experienced some of the biggest, bad ass and yet most bountiful shifts in my life. I left a marriage… and found my self. I lost close friends…. and opened to new family. I dumped...
“Two Desperate Housewives” First Support Group
"Two Desperate Housewives" First Support Group Lola Linstad and Linda Barker were your typical housewives in 1975 from Washington State. These two women were thrown together by life circumstance and the tragedy of those gone missing and murdered. Lolah’s 19 year old...
Breaking the Mold of Motherhood
Breaking the Mold of Motherhood I can still see the look of shock on an acquaintance's face when they discovered I was a mother. "Where is your son?" they asked me, quizzically... seeming completely confused by the fact that no toys lined my kitchen floor. "He lives...
Genetically Modified Foods – Don’t Poison Yourself!
Genetically Modified Foods - Don't Poison Yourself! I suspect the information in this column might come as a surprise to you, as most Americans have no idea what GMOs are, and why they are so dangerous to our well-being. What are GMOs anyway? Genetically Modified...
The Opinionated Bitch – On the Life and Death of Nelson Mandela
**Editor's note: While this was published in June, when the world was told Mandela's death was imminent, these were my reflections on one of my personal heroes. Though he hung on for another 6 months, my feelings are as true today as they were back then. Join me in...
Bad News Doesn’t Have To Make Me Feel Bad!
Bad News Doesn’t Have To Make Me Feel Bad! I’m going to start this final post for 2013 with the exact same sentence I used to begin last month’s post: “Wow! I keep discovering new things.” As a kid in Brooklyn I was taught by watching the adults around me. It seemed...
Travel Cheap: A Lifestyle and Philosophy
Travel Cheap: A Lifestyle and Philosophy Looking back at the last five years of my life, I wouldn’t change a thing. My husband and I have been through challenges just like everyone else in the world. It was not always easy. In fact, at times it was absolutely...
Are Your Actions Working to Help You Succeed?
Are Your Actions Working to Help You Succeed? Wow! I keep discovering new things. When I was a kid I thought people over the age of 65 knew who they were “period end of sentence” (as a friend of mine would say). How wrong I was! Parents often tell kids, “Listen to...
The Opinionated Bitch on “Those People”
“Those people” is a phrase to which I have become deeply sensitized. “Those people” implies an other-ness I can’t seem to wrap my brain around. Maybe it’s because it’s always seemed so easy for me to relate to others on some level – even those with whom I deeply...
The Opinionated Bitch – My World Without God Goggles
My World Without God Goggles The first 40 years of my life were spent being assured that I believed in God, being told what to believe in God, and being told that people who didn’t believe in the same God I was supposed to believe in were just wrong. Being born...
Let Your Star Shine! You ARE a Star
Let Your Star Shine! You ARE a Star It’s my turn to provide the spiritual reading at The Unity Center of New York. We have a wonderful minister -i Justin Epstein – who moved to us from I’m given only a bit over 2 minutes. In doing the research, however, I found...