WORDS MATTER
I was in the Bank before, waiting to speak with the Manager, I was turned the other way when I heard her say something that I couldn’t make out.
Father, Life Artist, Artivist, Passionista, Native New York Jew, Filmmaker, Storyteller, Seeker, Sensualist, Bridger, Connector, Nurturer, Curly Detective, Shoe Lover (Senshoealist), Safe Space Holder, Sapiosexual, Intergenerationalist, Idea Incubator, Journeyer on Roads Less Traveled, Foodie, Ageless, Recovering People Pleaser, Truth Teller, Provocateur, X-Lawyer, Dreamer, CrazyRebelMisfit
TRAVELING LIGHT
Although I’ve never really been very attached to material things, I started actively purging “stuff” from my life several years ago upon leaving my marriage.
BEING ONESELF
March 18, 2024 Edition Editor: Salma Neghive Published by JPlease Press San Miguel De Allende, Mexico YIDDISH WORD OF THE DAY ZETZ – Noun. Some see it as a punch, or a blow. I learned it as a nudge, a gentle push. "I'm gonna give you a zetz to to ask him out." BEING ONESELF…
ANGER + LOVE
I am over the moon to be at this place where I am, truly, IN LOVE. What makes it even more thrilling, and humbling, is that it’s for the very first time. Yes, I mean it. People have always been shocked when I have shared that I have never been in love.
SHAME + PARENTING
If a friend had told me, a few years ago, that their daughter hasn’t spoken to him/her for 2-1/2 half years, I’m pretty sure I would’ve made an assumption of some sort.
MENTAL HEALTH IS EVERYTHING
Occasionally, I’m asked by someone who, after spending some time with me, and whether or not they know I’m working on UnLabelMe, something along the lines of, “Are you ADD?” or “you must be ADHD,” or some such reference to mental health diagnoses.
ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS AND BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS…
There are a few subjects that I ponder often, (the moment of) “New Year’s Eve” always connects at least two of them.
AN ASSAULT ON JUDGMENT
For the last few years, I’ve been speaking with people about societal labels, and their impact in all aspects of society. How they breed assumptions, which lead to judgments, separation and polarization.
THE INVITATION
At this special time when the confluence of so many holidays can fill us with so many feelings and emotions, when transitions abound, I see this period, these segues, as one of “Invitations.”
SHPILKES
I always love using Yiddish words and sharing them with others, particularly when I can use them in a sentence, or explain them relative to my personal experience.