Oct. 16 will mark three years since my mom died, and I've decided it's time for my dad to get a girlfriend. He's 74, but a pretty vibrant and healthy 74, and he's always been a people person. He's a little overweight, but still has a lot of hair and looks pretty good for his age, and he is a great guy who keeps up on current events, remains curious ( Read more... )

I got a last-minute invite to see The New Pornographers last night at the Bowery Ballroom from my friend Jennifer, and I am so glad that happened, because it was the best live show I've seen in a long time ( Read more... )

It's so good in fact that I posted my oh-so-sexy Xena, Warrior Princess-like photo of me at the waterfall I visited while in Maine last week. It's a bit of a vanity shot, I know, but hey, sometimes you need to remind yourself how fabulous you really are when the world is handing you lemons. And the waterfall is very pretty and reminds me of the ( Read more... )

I have been trying not to watch the date lately, just hoping that this shitty, shitty month will be over and I can pretend that it was all just a bad dream. If I can get through today, I will have survived. Yay. I never really have good stuff happen in my life in the summer. For some reason, autumn is always a far better season. I'm a Libra; my ( Read more... )

I found out today that LaGuardia airport shuts down at midnight, only because my flight from Boston Logan was delayed from 8:30 pm until 10:00 and before anyone knew what time we might take off people mused (in that doomsday way travelers have when a flight is delayed) that we may never get out of Logan if the flight can't meet the LaGuardia curfew ( Read more... )