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I’m thinking about: A high-end fashion show I saw on TV where the designer made dresses that folded up like paper pages into a wearable, hard-back book when they were done.
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John went from carefree bachelor to father of four in 13 months after marrying a single mom and then quickly learning that not one, not two, but three babies were on the way. His book, Tales from the Trips, chronicles the emotional, hilarious and life-altering transition. To promote it, he began blogging, drawing up to 600 page views per day and raising the brow of Hollywood A-listers.
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“Why won’t my cat use the litter box?” “Does my dog like my boyfriend?” “Is my pet happy?” Those are the most popular questions people ask Shelly, a pet psychic who realized her gift very young but suppressed it until several years ago because of society’s “standards.” “I’m just a bridge between you and your animals,” she says. “They want to talk to you.” Younger generations, she feels, are much more in tune with animals, pointing out her 11-year-old daughter is more gifted than she is.
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Tracy didn’t always have her life mapped out, but she says, “As a kid I used to break out the atlas and just start drawing.” Thumbing through National Geographic one day, Tracy saw a map and realized “someone” had to create it. Inspired, she earned a Masters in Geography and landed an internship with “Nati G.” Now a freelance cartographer she admits, “National Geographic has come full circle.
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up a plan to volunteer your time in The Love Kitchen. Twin sisters Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner started the kitchen in 1986 and have been dishing out love to those in need ever since. The kitchen opens on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8:30am. Visit thelovekitchen.org to learn more about how you can help.
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yourself to a tail-wagging evening at Weim & Cheese, Wolf Creek Weimaraner Rescue’s largest annual fundraiser with live music, hors d’oeuvres catered by Pimento’s Café and Market, and a silent auction. The evening’s proceeds support rescue efforts for Weimaraners, several of which will make an appearance during the evening. March 13, 5pm at St. George Greek Orthodox Church. $30.
When I picked up Lori Gottlieb’s book, Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough, which came out in February, it was with skepticism. I have spent the last three years interviewing dozens and dozens of single 30-something women around the country for Seeking Happily Ever After, a feature-length documentary that I’m making with Kerry David about this generation’s struggle to redefine the fairytale. We look at why the number of never-married 30-something women in the U.S.
Her words stop me cold, freeze my deep and purposeful breathing.
“What,” I think, “did that crazy hippie lady just say?”
I try to resume the assigned task, mindfully inhaling the chilled air of the fitness center and balancing my sharp sitz bones on a borrowed blue cushion. I will my swirling mind to settle softly like a leaf to the ground. But Mary Love continues to hijack my piss-poor attempts at being in the now.
The Jewish Sabbath is a festival of liberation, but for the uninitiated, it can also be quite a workout. No work is done on Shabbat, no commerce transacted. In the first winter of my observance, I diligently prepared Shabbat dinner every week, rose early on Saturday morning and walked two miles to synagogue. My enthusiasm carried me that far, but once I left shul, my resolution faltered.
What does a life cost? In 1987, I knew exactly: $150,000. One of my major responsibilities as a hospital department manager was obtaining authorization from insurance companies for bone marrow transplantations. The insurance companies had an equally fierce responsibility to try to deny them. With the help of the oncologists and hematologists I worked for, I wrangled by telephone and mail with authorization specialists for months on end.
