Menopausal Mal

It's my birthday today and I'm falling into walls, which must mean that a: I'm an old lady b; I've got an inner ear disorder or c: both I'll pick C this time. I woke up the day after Thanksgiving with the room and world spinning around me. I thought all of my grief with BPV (Benign Positional... Sign in to see full entry.

Standing still is not for Jeff. ADDad, Wildman, His friends joke. Starts to talk when up at 5 Dark outside, time to move Makes my coffee; roused from sleep. The walls vibrate with his energy Aerobic time, his heart beats deep. Drops of sweat like canine shake. “Let’s scoot,” he says. Our word for... Sign in to see full entry.

I live in Connecticut. My state has been the punchline of many jokes, including one that a New York friend of mine recited recently; "As soon as I cross the border from New York into Connecticut, my loafers grow tassels." Yes, Connecticut is reputed to be Waspy, conservative and staid. Since Jan.... Sign in to see full entry.

I've got my laptop on my lap, feet propped up on my cocktail table, and I'm staring out a sliding glass door onto my deck. The sky is a hazy pale blue. I can see it through trunks of winter trees, bare limbs save for some brown leaves clinging for dear life on a few branches. Our Weber grill hulks... Sign in to see full entry.

You know that feeling, when you've just downed a lot of water, and, as you're walking, the liquid starts sloshing around in your stomach? It's a weird sensation, actually. This morning, I was heading downstairs and felt a similar stomach wave action, when I realized that I hadn't had anything to... Sign in to see full entry.

I signed on to Bloggit to find that it's been 11 days since I last wrote here. What the hell have I been doing?? Besides the usual writing assignments, rewriting already written articles, and pitching others, I have finally succumbed to the dreaded, evil website that is the bane of many parents of... Sign in to see full entry.

My favorite color has always been purple, which probably explains why, up until the very last minute, I debated with myself about who to vote for. Blue? Red? Blue, red? Oh f** it, I'll just swirl them together to create, yes, purple. Of course, I couldn't really fill in both bubbles on the... Sign in to see full entry.

While friends and members of my family took off precious time to stump for Obama this weekend in Pennsylvania, I was visiting here for another, rather embarassing reason; to check out a newly built indoor water park. As a travel writer, I never know where I'll be off to next, but suffice it to say,... Sign in to see full entry.

One of the highlights of my magazine writing life was sitting with Pete Seeger around his dining room table and joining him in a few stanzas of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." Five years ago - at 83 - his voice was quivery, but nonetheless much better than mine. He didn't seem to care. I was on... Sign in to see full entry.

Evita (with the original Broadway cast) is one of my alltime favorite musicals. When Palin's "wardrobe" costs were made public (more than 100 times what I spend in a YEAR), I couldn't help but belt out the song, "Rainbow High." watch Madona's version on this link;... Sign in to see full entry.