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Monthly Archives: October 2009
The Puzzle
There’s something connecting my current living in Queens, my need for writing online, my search for attention from my peers, my relationship with my mother, my father’s passing, my separation with Sophia, my discomfort with the superficial nature of Twitter, … Continue reading
Kick a Dog
I was nursing another heartbreak, walking the street and going nowhere, thinking of love and how it kills you, slowly and painful like a Chinese torture. And then I went and kicked a dog. A dog that was cute and … Continue reading
Teaser
They were beautiful. They were talented. They were some of the finest writers and photographers on the internet — strong, independent women, business-women, mothers — mommybloggers. This weekend, twenty-five of these top mommybloggers met for a weekend summit in one … Continue reading
A Master Class
Today is my mother’s birthday. This is her birthday card. It was a windy and lonely October evening. I was in my bedroom, the overhead lamp flickering, as I IM-ed with Allison, a New Hampshire woman who wrote a knitting … Continue reading
Who is My Audience?
I know this is a dumb post, but something has been bugging me all morning about the way I approach my blogging and online life, and I will continue to procrastinate all day unless I just type this out. I … Continue reading
Rock Around The Clock
I miss my father, who passed away four years ago, only a few months after I started blogging. Today, I took the Long Island Railroad today to visit the cemetery where my father is buried. It is a Jewish tradition … Continue reading
Hate, Love, Interviews
Writer/Blogger Jane Devin had a good idea for today: One Day, No Hate (#1Day0Hate hashtag on Twitter). This is from her post – I was speaking with a new friend on the phone today, and the discussion briefly turned to … Continue reading
Hello Kitty
There is nothing as sad as seeing an old lover who has been hit by hard times. Wasn’t it just yesterday when we first met, both of us young and naive, two individuals from different cultures, but with so much … Continue reading
The Two Amys
To understand the following story better, I need to break the #1 rule of any good comedic story — I have to ruin the punchline right from the beginning. I know two Amys. Well… I know MORE than two Amys. … Continue reading
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Help Cure Juvenile Myositis
Kevin of Always Home and Uncool has asked me to post this as part of his effort to raise awareness in the blogosphere of juvenile myositis, a rare autoimmune disease his daughter was diagnosed with on this day seven years … Continue reading