I'm out of whack. Off-kilter. Keerflooey. Verklempt. It's as if I'm walking the tightrope between the two Twin Towers in New York with...

Is it normal? Do we lose our "pubes" as we age? I never thought I'd ask this question let alone write about it. It feels embarrassing...

My seventy-sixth birthday is a matter of days away. Another year in the books. I'd like to think that I'm one step closer to cronehood,...

I didn't have anything pressing on my schedule for the day so when a friend called to rave about "Lockdown University," a series of...

Malka from "Shitsel" In all the hours and hours that I spent creating a title for my book about teen suicide, "Dying On Purpose" was...

So, how's it going? Had your vaccinations? Now well beyond the two-week "be-safe" waiting period so that the vaccine is at its full...

Yesterday after repeating a final namaste in my yoga class via Zoom, opening my eyes, and adjusting to "reality," my teacher read what...

My name is Jane. I'm an addict. Okay, let's change that up a tad. Hello, my name is Jane. I watched "Family Feud" last week and then...

I can't fold a fitted sheet worth a damn. But I can ford a stream (Who Knew?), hike a narrow rim trail, and survive the insults of a...

I sat in our rented 2021 Kia waiting again for my husband to get the “shot.” He made me wait in a Tucson gallery parking lot while he...

I like it. It's catchy. Maybe the Dems are on to something. Maybe they won't miss the Lincoln Project--the brain trust behind the...

Before the mammographer conducted the annual squish-the-breast test, she asked me the perfunctory questions that we can all answer in our...

It's a cloudy, chilly day here in the Midwest. I step outside because Alexa says it's 48 degrees which, for this time of year, is...

A friend sent me a link to storied-stuff.com, a site where anyone can submit a short 250-word or less story about their most cherished...

Maybe it was listening and dancing to The Talking Heads' rockin' song "Burnin' Down The House." Or more likely, it was my foggy brain...

My husband and I stood in a socially distanced line in front of the Levy Senior Center. It was a typical winter day in the Chicago...

I don't know about you, but there is more to this COVID-19 plague than the risk of getting ill. It's about being vaccinated and into...

I don't know about you, but the highlight of my week in elementary school --well, besides sitting next to Robert Amadori--was the arrival...

Okay, so I'm losing it. I drove to pick up some Chinese takeout the other night. It was snowing/sleeting and dark. (The sun goes down...

If you've read my posts over the past year or two, you know that my brother took his own life on his thirtieth birthday--some...