Most folks are eagerly anticipating Thanksgiving, talking nostalgically about family recipes and pumpkin pie. But I just can’t get excited about the turkey. This is not simply because I have to prepare it. It’s because I hate turkey. Frankly, there must be a bunch of us, secret turkey subversives, who just nod and keep our ...
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On Veteran’s Day we honored those who have served in all branches, all conflicts and all points in our nation’s history. As the wars wind down in Iraq and Afghanistan, thousands of young men and women and their families are working to transition back to the lives they enjoyed before deployment and injury. You can help by texting to ...
Every week I toggle between two worlds. There’s the “suburban mom” in sweats and the Manhattan me in heels, however, I should mention, they’re often stuffed in my backpack as I hoof around the city. Although I live outside of New York, my work and part of my social life is in Manhattan. I’m an advocate for veterans’ causes (the Bob Woodruff Foundation), ...
I cannot fall back asleep. I am stuck on the dentist, the mechanics of how this works, identifying a person by their dental records. Does he get a call at 2:00 AM, when family members and loved ones are awaiting an answer? Or does he come to work at a reasonable hour? I am struck by the term “lost his life,” as if it ...
The local berry farm closed a few years ago. That was a sad day for me. The farmer’s kids didn’t have the desire to keep up the family land that had for so long produced juicy strawberries in late June and then perfectly honeycombed raspberries (purple and red) right on their tail. In late July, there’d ...