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And Yet

AND YET
(with acknowledgement to Alan Jay Lerner’s “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”

Every person I speak to lately seriously sounds like they’re struggling with some sort of PTSD, anxiety, stress disorder, or depression.
I know I feel that way.
I describe it like inches of grey ash, the kind you see after a volcanic explosion, weighing me down. On my head, shoulders, eyelashes…Can’t be brushed or even washed off. Always here.
Not difficult to figure out why.
Onslaught … Read the rest

June 11, 2022 And They Don’t Stay Like Pancakes

We all go about our day, juggling personal and professional obligations; popping on and off Zoom calls, all the while doing laundry EVERY SINGLE WEEK😱 (ever notice that before you even turn around, the hamper is full???!!—has it been a week already?) shopping for food; answering emails; cutting cats’ toenails; buying birthday cards; killing the mealy bugs on plants with Q-tips soaked in rubbing alcohol; vacuuming hair balls… you get my drift. And unless we have a tooth problem, a … Read the rest

They Can’t Take That Away From Me

I had a premonition.

The last time I blogged, I imagined that if Drumpf actually won, I would need to be grateful that I’ve had the life I have had for all these years, without it being torn up side down.

I’m still grateful for that—but I would be lying if I said that was enough.

I find it more difficult than ever to look around and feel gratitude.

I know I’m not alone—and I suppose I’m grateful for that—but … Read the rest

More than the Corners of My Mind

Mem’ries,
Light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were.

There is always a lot to be grateful for—from the mundane (until it’s not!) food, health, job, husband, cats, etc.—but then there’s the things you don’t think about much—until like everything else, they’re gone.  Like memories.

When I was younger I was a voracious reader.  I would take out ten books at a time, and schlep them the seven blocks home.  As I had quickly … Read the rest

Chocolate is Thicker Than Water

With a nod to Peer Gynt, there are layers of people in our lives.  Perhaps the layer closest to us consists of our friends or, if one is so lucky, family; then we have not-so- close friends; acquaintances; perhaps followed by business associates and on and on.  For me, as I would guess for most people who produce documentaries, I have additional layers of people who I have met during filming, and then some people whom I have never … Read the rest

Almost Broken Cup

It’s impossible, literally impossible not to be grateful for SOMETHING.

Here’s what I mean. 

We all know that we’re grateful for big things.  This week alone, a colleague of mine learned that his 29-year-old niece had died after a long battle with cancer.

Then Dennis, the husband of my neighbor Janet, ( known to my friends as the Cat Lady), had a heart attack on Friday walking up his stairs.

So with a grateful collective sigh, we are all thankful … Read the rest

Let’s Hear it For the Girls

I don’t know about anyone else, but since I’m lucky enough not to have had anyone close to me impacted by breast cancer, I don’t think very much about it all year long.  The “girls” seem happy, pretty bras are bought for them, David is attentive, so not much to think about.

Then I go for my yearly mammogram.

Today was THE day.  11:15 am THE time.

From the moment I wake up, all I can think about is what … Read the rest