08.26.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living: Coming clean about washing and folding One Saturday afternoon, my stepdaughter Angela and I were sitting at her kitchen table kibitzing about this and that. While pouring me a cup of tea, she sighed and...
07.18.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living: Apologize, but be sure you mean it In the hit movie “Love Story,” Ali MacGraw’s character, Jenny, utters this now-famous line to her husband, Oliver, played by Ryan O’Neal: “Love means never having to say you’re...
07.06.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living: Who says it’s simple to sew on a button? “You know, Molly, I ain’t stupid, right?” “Let’s say you’re no intellectual, no Jean-Paul Sartre …” “Who’s this Jean-Paul? You never told me about this old boyfriend.” “He’s French...
06.14.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living: A tranquil break from ‘monkey mind’ While sitting in my doctor’s waiting room, I picked up a magazine and started thumbing through the pages. An article titled “Taming your monkey mind” sparked my interest. However,...
05.17.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living: Our kids are all right Frank and I were dining out with friends and, as usual, the conversation was lively and varied. Unusual, however, was that the chatter bypassed our health and settled on...
04.10.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living: Money-saving tips from Frugal Phyllis There seems to be complete agreement. The North Fork is special, a place set apart. No need to list our blessings. We know we’re unique. And yet in just...
03.15.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living: Goodbye to girlie; hello to ‘the look’ About a year ago, my sofa and love seat caught my eye, big time! It was as if I had never seen them before, which seemed weird. The set...
02.27.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living Column: Her tale of woe just doesn’t measure up I received this message from my son Greg, who lives in California: “Mom, I need to talk to you.” Mom-brain snapped to attention: Was my daughter-in-law Julie all right?...