“We’re all imprisoned in the castle of our skins,” starts Nikki Giovanni’s “Poem for Nina.” My mom met Nina Simone, whom the poem is dedicated
You Don’t Prepare for a Marathon the Night Before: Boston Rules and Unicorns
The Boston Marathon is tomorrow. In honor of the run, it’s time to reflect on marathon adages such as, you don’t start to train for
The Seeing the Obvious? Dark Sunshades & Eclipse Sunglasses
Do you see what you don’t know or do you rationalized. I thought I noticed everything. I’m new to Boston, I walk everywhere, so of
March Madness Week Two: My Big Orange Sunday
How does your brain vacation? Mine does it with a Big Orange Sunday. A trip to the annual Hanging (Orange) Nasturtiums at the Isabella Stewart
March Madness Week One: From Hearing Loss to Dementia
The NCAA Basketball Playoffs started this week. It’s my spring break, spring cleaning, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. This week’s dose
Saint Patrick’s Day: A Parade, A Loophole and a Slave
Saint Patrick’s Day, unmistakable bright kelly green and drunken revelers. Have I really done 10 years of blog posts and never wrote on this? In
Balancing on Unstable Surfaces 