I listened to a close friend tell me, “People can be exhausting.” When I heard her words, they echoed my thoughts of the past. That night as l laid in bed I thought about her comment concluding that it is not the number of people in one’s life that is exhausting but rather the negative actions of a few who consume your thoughts thus exhausting you. I am a […]

My husband, Sheldon Good, is the lace in my shoe, the wind in my sail, the cream in my coffee, my rock of Gibraltar who fortifies and protects me with love and devotion. He could give a course to men in how to be the perfect mate. Once again, I sit alone with my thoughts; it is 4:43 a.m. to be […]

Albert Camus was a French writer and philosopher, the second youngest recipient in history to win the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 43. He was born in 1913. The last time I thought about Camus was when I was in my early 20s. I read his book “The Stranger,” at the insistence of my brother, a Harvard undergrad […]

Last night over a delicious dinner of Chinese food, with close friends, my girlfriend asked me about another woman. I replied that I liked her. She went on to say she always sees her with “a gang of 60+ year old women.” My friend has a different lifestyle, a fabulous one, I might add and […]

Most of you know I have grandchildren from my first marriage. My husband, my ultimate concierge, has seven “grands” from his first marriage. We were both widowed. We blended two families. With the grandchildren, it was a delight. I decided, for a few reasons, to write about some of my husband’s grandsons because they are an important part of my life and […]