by Writer1 | Nov 24, 2019 | Women and midlife
I met my high school girlfriends in Palm Springs for a weekend to celebrate our 50th birthdays. It has been 32 years since we all lived in the same place. By the same place, I mean Los Angeles, but I also mean in each other’s exact space. We moved freely in and out of... 
by Writer1 | Feb 9, 2016 | Column, Slightly off topic…, Uncategorized
As published in The Rye Record on February 5, 2016 When I was a new mom, we lived in an apartment on 57th Street across the hall from an elderly man who smelled like soup. I remember him because of the soup, and also because of the wisdom he passed along to me on the... 
by Writer1 | Sep 12, 2014 | Column, Slightly off topic…
I have just returned from my very first house swap. It was an unbalanced sort of exchange in that my family stayed in my friend Paige’s apartment in Paris for two weeks, and she stayed in my house in Rye for three days. We had more contact during that time than we’ve... 
by Writer1 | Dec 20, 2013 | Column, Women and midlife
As published in The Rye Record on December 21, 2013 Valerie and me in 1987. We had it all figured out This summer, I visited my old friend Valerie during a very sad time. We spent our visit in the shadow of this sadness, but to my intense surprise, we found ourselves...