Just One More Day

Just One More Day

Just One More Day   I wouldn’t say I have a talent that’s special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina.                                                                         – – – John Irving   Back in the aughts, when...
Knit A Sweater   Soothe Your Soul

Knit A Sweater Soothe Your Soul

  “Creativity is intelligence having fun.”                                       – – – Albert Einstein When I was a kid, we had a rustic summer guest house called The Tide Rock House in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. There was a comforting salt water...
Who Am I?

Who Am I?

  Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. – – – Oscar Wilde   Back in the early seventies, I starred in a movie about the Vietnam War, the first acting job I ever got. After we finished a scene that took place in a commune, the director asked...
Hope is a Waking Dream

Hope is a Waking Dream

“Hope is the quiet conviction that what happens us does not have to define us.”                                                        . . Anonymous   Hope is a choice. That’s how I view it. Viktor Frankl, neurologist, psychologist, and famously a concentration camp...
Stay

Stay

 “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”                                     —Buddhist Proverb There is a consensus opinion that “being in the present moment” is an effective way to deal with anxiety and depression. But what if the present moment sucks? I...
You’re So Vain

You’re So Vain

When I was a child of seven, I once stared at my reflection at an oval mirror hanging on the wall. I liked what I saw and I told my mother proudly, “I’m pretty.” “Don’t be vain,” was her response. It’s ironic that I went on to become a professional ballerina, a...