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Come on in, the water’s warm. And it’s damn hot outside anyway.

My twin sons have their b’nai mitzvah this weekend. This is a rite of passage for Jewish teens, where they are invited to lead their congregation, read from the torah, and speak words of insight based on study and personal values / beliefs. We call this a D’var torah, it’s also known as a sermon.

​Today is my birthday and I’ll give you a present if I want to!! As mentioned in my last newsletter, at this very moment I’m doing breathwork training in New Mexico.  What’s breathwork you’re wondering?  It’s a trip. And I mean that literally. The breather sits on the floor or massage table, comfortably on a

Over the last few months, the northeastern US has seen record snow with bomb cyclones, Snomageddon and lots and lots of shoveling. But not this week! No. This week the magic happened. We’re enjoying a baby end-of-winter heat wave, which just so happened to coincide with daylight savings. Nature is saying you’re welcome and I’m showing

I like words. A lot. I like slang words and phrases (grrrrl?), even words that are not words at all but convey oh-so-much (mmm-hmmmm?). You feel me? I know you do. Language grows and evolves and I’ve got back stage passes to that show. I’d like to share two new phrases that have significantly improved

Because I’m a nerd, and an introvert, I often bring my laptop to my kids’ games. That means I prop up and work while on the sidelines for football, baseball, hockey, and gosh, now my daughter is trying the silk hammock so add that to the list.Nothing says “come chat!” like a woman in a

Hi reader. Lately, I’ve been thinking about emergency plans. Tomorrow I’m taking a flight, and I know, before we takeoff, we’ll through the emergency plan. Schools have fire drills, and over the last decade, added “intruder” drills to the repertoire. I recently realized that my kids and I have never done a fire drill in