MY MOTHER'S BLOG

1. “SOMETHING HAS GONE AWRY”

   August 16, 2023
   “I’m going to cut your hair like this,” the hairdresser, a stranger, said moments after meeting me, “to focus eyes away from your Rubenesque belly and your double chin.” Most people, I suppose, would have taken offense, perhaps flung themselves out of the chair and out the door; maybe cry…

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2. Dear Oprah

   July 26, 2023
   The fifth episode of our podcast features a letter I penned to Oprah in the nineties. In it, I beg her for an athletic makeover For real. Wacky as this is, in my fourth decade, I still had hope that with a little training, some diligence and a positive attitude,…

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3. NO OFFENSE

   July 17, 2023
   Yesterday I applied a little mascara, ran a brush through my hair, grabbed my four-prong cane and was good to go. My husband and grandchildren joined me in line for the annual Blues Festival in Rockland.  I glanced behind me, and a man – a stranger about my age –…

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