I am the most important being on Earth. Just ask Bathsheba and Kitty. My cat and dog. Or, as I’ve come to call them, my Entourage. Kitty and Bathsheba have been, for both better and worse, my most constant companions during the past year, the Year of COVID-19. They are here in my one-bedroom condo …
Well, dear readers, it’s been a long time. Let me explain. Sometimes you’re all gung-ho about a blog and keep at it for a few months and then just…. well, you just peter out. That’s not what happened with me and Corrective Shoes. I decided last fall that the world didn’t need, and surely wasn’t …
I have never been a big fan of winter. In fact, for many years, the very thought of it depressed me, and I can remember many winters that seemed to drag on, cold and grey and depressing, for far longer than the three months they were rightfully allotted. But I made up my mind years …
A few weeks ago one of my Facebook friends posted, for reasons I can’t recall, photos of Hugh Grant as a young man and as he looks nowadays. Hugh Grant is my guilty pleasure, my favorite actor of all time, not necessarily for his outright skill and talent (which I think he has in abundance) …
Summer is winding down, and soon, I hope, I’ll stop thinking about how much I miss the beach…. and the pool. But I’ll still be missing New York City. I know people who have ventured into the city in recent weeks and months. It’s very tempting: Surely I’d be safe with my mask and six-foot …
Did you watch HAMILTON yesterday? I sure did; I set my phone up on my tripod and watched from my hammock on the balcony last night. What a treat, and what good timing for such a treat. I was and am grateful for it and for opportunity to experience those amazing performances so intimately. (Though …
I have accomplished lots of things in my life, and I am proud of what I’ve achieved: I wrote for The Washington Post for more than a decade, published four children’s books with Random House, put on my big-girl panties and pushed through health issues and relationship woes and…. well, enough about that. The point …
