Men and Gardens

What is the deal with men and growing vegetables? Women can give birth to a new human being, and a man might cry one tear and feel fullfilled as the head of a family. But a man that can produce a squash, a spinach head or a tomato becomes the Alpha, the bull of the...

Mood Swings

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I feel so happy. I am a veritable Mother Teresa throughout the day. I help people, I am everyone’s personal therapist, mother, daughter, mentor, teacher, rabbi, priest……And then there are the days that I awaken...

Alec Schneider

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the loss of a dear friend. I am so sad today, because I have lost another friend. This darling man was called Alec, and he died 3 days ago at the age of 32. Alec was a history buff, I nicked-named him “Baron Von...

Louisiana

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Memorial Day – We went on a road trip to Lake Charles, Louisiana for my husband’s 40th re-union of a ninth grade class. I am a British native, so every time I venture somewhere new within this vast continent, I find it...

Darlene

Darlene is my friend. We have worked together for the past ten years. Darlene is the typical Southern girl in my eyes. She has a drawl that gets about three inches longer with every margarita she drinks. She is sassy, and she can talk to a brick wall and make it feel...