After showings of my 3-bedroom Pre-War condo listing in Carnegie Hill this afternoon, I enough time to walk to my next appointment, at 68th and Fifth. Between President Obama’s visit to this area tonight and the Met Gala this evening, this typically quiet neighborhood was buzzing. As I took a leisurely stroll down Madison […]
The Curse of Great Expectations
I just read David Brooks’ poignant Op-Ed in the New York Times on the epidemic of “conditional love” between parents and children in our culture. The entire piece is a must-read for every person who has ever been a parent or a child (so, yes, everyone). I won’t even attempt to summarize his thesis […]
Life Happens at The Rest Stops
We’re taking a road trip, and we have two options for how to travel: the highway or a tunnel. The Highway Along the highway, there are rest stops. So maybe you need to pee, and you see the sign for a rest stop and you exit to the rest stop. Once there, you realize you’re […]
Why I’m Not Looking for a Silver Lining
Today is 9 days since I was in the emergency room, and I really expected that by now I would have been back to myself. I am really trying to stay off of my screens and stick to The Rest Plan. This is NOT easy. The brain is a funny organ. One moment I may […]
The Problem with the Pursuit of Die Empty
The belief that time is limited seems to be universally accepted. Why is this? Time is eternal. Only our life on this earth is limited, and we don’t know when it will end. Time is both infinite and non-existent. What it is not, is in our control. We don’t know how much time we have […]
The Rest Plan
Apparently, I Don’t Know How to Rest In the wake of my fainting spell that resulted in my blow to the head and trip to the emergency room on Saturday, I have been trying to take it easy this week. I’ve been working from home, trying to rest while also catching up on emails and […]
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