I was in Bloomingdales, my favorite store, but a mess now with extensive renovations and some sections closed off entirely with scaffolding and plastic sheets. An attractive middle-aged sales assistant in a short tight black pencil skirt called out, “Hell...
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. I will tell you now that it is absolute unadulterated horseshit. Absence and distance cut your heart into little pieces and leaves a hole inside that hurts. Katie. Oh my Katie… I had been attending a four-day...
Present Day: “Dad… Dad, are you in there?” Silly question really because I know he is in the house somewhere. I work as a Family Physician in a local medical clinic and visit home a couple of times a week to check on my father who lives alone. This evenin...
I am not sure if I was born before my time, or after it. More accurate to say, that perhaps I had a little bit of both somewhere along the way, but not enough of either. What am I talking about here? It was nineteen-forty-eight. I was one of those silly s...
“I am NOT gay, I like girls. I really, really like girls. I am NOT A SISSY.” He was panicked, frightened and close to tears. His voice dropped to a whisper. “I’m not… a sissy… I just might have a strange fetish.” That fascinating disclosure emanated from...
At last, I felt myself relaxing, smoothing out to the mellow tones of the Five Satins harmonizing. ‘… In the still… of the night…’ I gazed at it for a long time, indulging myself with the exquisite torture of self-denial. Stroking my fingertips gently...
I was annoyed… At first … Then I was amused. - - - I have lived in Midtown Manhattan for most of my adult life and Eugenia’s Creations just off Herald Square is my favorite boutique. I am a curvy girl and Eugenia designs specifically for ladies with a fig...
How about this! I have been invited to attend the International Women in Business Conference being held in Paris, France. My very first official overseas business trip and I am more than ready for it. Definitely time this twenty-eight-year-old middle mana...
