Discoveries Helping Me Move Through Grief
Robert died three months ago. Although this post has nothing directly to do with sex, so many of you have sent me compassionate emails that I'd like to share what I wrote to my online grief support...
View ArticleBill and Ruth Stein: Booksellers
Ruth Stein inspired this project. She’s my mother-in-law (more or less). She and Bill, her husband of 62 years, are sales reps for a bunch of book publishers. They work four days a week, driving from...
View ArticleThis Holiday You Can Be Frugal AND Still Be Generous and Wonderful!
With the economy in a tailspin, financial worries all around us and the holidays approaching, how can we continue to give in the same way as we have in the past? With creative approaches, gift giving...
View ArticleHope is a Positive Force
Hope is the positive force that propels us forward.With hope, there is an expectation of something we want to happen. We use it everyday; waiting impatiently for a bus to come and hoping it appears in...
View ArticleARE YOU A PENGUIN OR A PEACOCK?
Or an eagle? Or maybe a swan? Or what about a mockingbird?BJ Gallagher Hateley and Warren Schmidt have written the fabulous book “A Peacock in the Land of Penguins; a Fable about Creativity and...
View ArticleThe Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach is the most entertaining -- and, in a madcap way, the most informative -- book I’ve read in years. Filled with the weirdness of both the...
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Ruby and Liberty Equal Serene Sailings
Between the accommodations, meals, entertainment and activities, a 2-night stay at a resort is expensive. Often costing less than a resort, a 2- to 3-night cruise getaway can offer more value....
View ArticleIrving Fields: Pianist
Irving Fields got his first break at 16, singing on “Amateur Hour,” the national radio show. He won first prize: $50 — a lot of money in 1932. “When I got back to our apartment in Brooklyn, my whole...
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Nothing Beats a Voyage of "Independence"
People who live on or near America’s west coast can take advantage of an unmatchable vacation treat. Cruise ships vie with each other to create an ultimate passenger experience, but Royal Caribbean...
View ArticleLove Junkie: Hot Sex and Ruinous Relationships
Love Junkie by Rachel Resnick is a brave, compelling memoir/confessional of the author's decades of seeking love and finding chaos and hot sex with damaged men within destructive, degrading, dangerous...
View ArticleThoughts Upon Winning the Longevity Award
My well established habit of spreading the word about my old-age accomplishments, be they large or small, as well as alerting everyone to the wonderful media coverage that almost always follows, is...
View ArticleRelating with Song
“Call me Helen”.That’s likely the opening words that University of Pennsylvania medical students will hear at their first day of class in Microbiology.Dr. Helen Davies, 83, is a living legend for her...
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BEAUTY IN MUNICH: BAVARIA’S CULTURAL CAPITAL
Remember Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Howie Morris and Carl Reiner on TV’s “Your Show of Shows?” In one classic skit, they portray mechanical Bavarian figures on a gigantic clock who suddenly revolve in...
View ArticleCreative Resilience in Difficult Times
Yes, it’s tough out there and the wind has not shifted yet. Since there is no economic weather forecast that is reliable, we have to accept this financial debacle and find ways to continue to manage...
View ArticleDo You Have to Eat a Fat Juicy Steak to get Enough Protein?
The other day I read that many nutritionists still think you cannot get enough protein without eating meat, fish, or chicken. Can this really be true, I wonder. I'm not a vegetarian myself but days go...
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Give Me My Black Garlic--Please!
For years I've known regularly eating garlic or taking a garlic supplement may provide many health benefits. Garlic is a natural remedy for lowering high blood pressure and high LDL cholesterol while...
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Old Tucson Studios: the “Old West” – Hollywood Style
I grew up spending my Saturdays at movie matinees.One of my favorite genres was the "western." As an adult, I was hooked on western TV series like "Bonanza," "Cheyenne," "Maverick" and "Wagon Train."...
View ArticleWhen Creative Success Comes Later in Life
Some have struggled for years in jobs, others have followed a quiet creative life and many have tenaciously held on to their entrepreneurial spirit. Yet success found them later in life. When you have...
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Makoho--Simple Exercises You Can Do Before Bedtime
My friend Bob Thomas recently told me about a Japanese form of exercise called "Makoho" or "Makko-ho" which consists of four stretching exercises designed to rejuvenate the legs, align the hips and...
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Please Pass the Kelp!
The conventional wisdom is the vast majority of us get enough iodine in our diet so we don't have to worry about iodine deficiency. A few years ago this might have been true because conventional table...
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