5 Purifying Places to Cry

May 16th, 2017
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Jon Hamm

Emmy Award Winning Actor Jon Hamm as Mad Men’s Don Draper

(Yes, Men Do Cry & That’s Okay)

Sometimes the feeling starts in my throat.

It feels tight.  I try to swallow a few times to see if that will make it go away.

The next thing I know a lump has formed as I begin to feel my eyes well up with water.  I try looking up at the ceiling because a good friend told me this is a trick she uses to prevent crying.

Or I pinch the bridge of my nose so that I focus on the … Read More

Texting, Texting, Texting

May 3rd, 2013
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You can file today’s post under the category of silly — but true! It’s a slice of life that may be about to arrive in a community near you. Seeing. Eye. People. That’s right.  Seeing Eye People. A Seeing Eye Person In Action As in: hold on to me (a person, not a dog) and I will guide you and be your eyes while you continue to walk and text. The idea of offering Seeing Eye People as a service is performed by Improv Everywhere & BuzzFeed as a bit of street comedy but it not that far fetched. Every… Read More

A Hawaiian Good Luck Sign

November 28th, 2012
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Life In The Intersection Laughter really and truly is the best medicine and my prescription for you on this wintery Wednesday is the following hysterical “letter” from a ficititous grandmother that was published in a community newsletter. Traffic in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia metro area) is notoriously horrendous and after hearing the driving stories on the news and from friends who traveled by car over the Thanksgiving holiday, this story had me laughing out loud and nothing is better for dissolving stress and anxiety than a good laugh. As a note, someone wrote this “letter” to… Read More