Solitude
The devastation of a divorce in 2017 ended a forty-year marriage. That dislocation and the sale of our home precipitated a series of moves. First to a sweet apartment across the street from my former home. Then another move to a 700 square foot apartment—new and sexy...
BEING INVISIBLE
This essay was inspired by an excellent profile in the New York Times Magazine by Jordan Kisner about Frances McDormand the actor. In the article McDormand who is sixty, riffs on the post-menopausal life. She explores how as an actor she has had to search for...
Healthier & Happier
Now marking two and a half years on this beautiful island, it still enchants. I have planted a garden and harvested the produce. I have met wonderful friends and established our Crones Potluck which convenes monthly. I have entered into a rich and satisfying...
Anger and Grief
This ring was purchased in Florence, Italy to replace the thin gold band placed on my finger under the chuppah at the Whitestone synagogue in Queens, New York in 1977. I had seen ads for the ring many times in glossy fashion magazines. The bands of the ring move....
Year Two
I have lived on Samish Island now for one year and three months. It has been a year of learning and adapting and change. Mostly it has been good and mostly I am happy. There are things I miss. The companionship and community of my long-time friends in Seattle are...
Concupiscence
I’ve rarely heard this word spoken. I know what it means and when Emma Thompson spoke it in her role as Nancy in the film “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” I was surprised. Later I thought it was the perfect time to trot that word out and think about it. It means strong...
