It was about a week ago that I woke up and realized that my house was still standing after Hurricane Sandy. The days prior to it were a blur of stocking up on food, batteries, gasoline; taking down all my windchimes (I have a LOT of windchimes) and birdfeeders — and generally gazing at the …
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What You Can Learn 23 Feet Up
It was one of those Bucket List things that brought me to Trapeze School in New York City. I figured it would be fun, not to mention a good cocktail party story (assuming that I didn’t end up in the orthopedic wing of the hospital). But I had no idea I’d experience so many “a …
Family Feuds for the Enlightened
Yesterday, I did a reading for a woman who’s family was less the Cleavers and more The Addams Family. Actually, now that I think about it, it was more like the Corleones. Anyway, she was being driven absolutely ’round the bend by all kinds of dysfunction, fighting, back-biting and all that other fun stuff. Now, I’m all …
Back-To-School….and Fearless
My great-niece, Ella Ruby, starts 2nd grade today. She is totally chuffed, excited about her new teacher, backpack and classroom. She doesn’t care that she knows nothing about 2nd grade math– she just plans to tackle it and get as many gold stars as she can grab. There’s something wonderful about a 7 year old’s …
Five-Minute Feng Shui
I just did a major purge of old books, DVDs and some truly hideous gifts. It wasn’t so much to provide shelf-filler for the local Goodwill as it was to make some feng shui fixes in my house. Feng shui is essentially the art of placement: where you put the stuff in your home and …
Drag Queens and The Devil
I’m obsessed with drag queens. I love them. RuPaul’s Drag Race is my not-so-guilty pleasure, and To Wong Foo is one of my favorite movies. Now what could a middle-aged Methodist from a small town who personally prefers Land’s End over Louboutins find in this world of sequins, wigs and general diva-liciousness? I think it …
Living In the Past (Life)
There’s something really tantalizing about the idea of having lived before. I’m not talking about that life before entering the Witness Protection Program — I mean the ones that had you riding alongside Charlemagne, or hanging on a barge with Cleopatra. [Funny, you never want to think about the one you had as a chimney …
2012 – Destination, Fabulous
Thanks to our friends, the Mayans, there’s been a lot of talk about how 2012 will bring about the end of the world. Jeeze…talk about a buzzkill. Although come to think of it, there ARE a few things that make me think there’s something to those rumors. Like this… One sign of the coming Apocalypse.. …