Oh, Gaiam TV, where have you been all my life? Don’t worry, you don’t have to answer that. We’ve found each other now and that’s all that matters. Okay, before this post starts to sound weird (I hope we’re not at that point already?), let me explain: I’ve had the chance to try out Gaiam TV for a couple of [...]

This morning, I wrote a post about the joys a dog can bring to an otherwise difficult day. Then I went about my day… mostly centered around my Mom as she recovers from complicated surgery. Happy to say, my Mom is doing beautifully.  She is able to sit up, albeit with pain.  She ate almost her entire lunch of delectable [...]

You know those days on your life’s calendar that you’ve come to accept… but that you’ve been dreading? Yesterday was one of those life calendar days for me. My Mom had surgery scheduled for early yesterday morning.  I was awake all the previous night.  Tossing.  Turning.  Trying to turn off the thinking. I got out of bed at 4:00 am.  [...]

Several years ago, when my daughter Audrey was living and working in New York City, she met a man one day at her place of employment, Donna Karan International. I remember Audrey calling me that day and telling me about this gentle, gracious, kind man who stopped to talk with her… a man in sharp contrast to some of the [...]