The Bard of Hudson: Recent Episodes
Diana A Green
Stories of life growing up on the shores of the Hudson River. From an abundant treasure trove of stories gathered from life, children, Shakespeare and other great teachers comes a personal podcast of stories that weave the thread of this life back down through the ages and forward into the future. These are the stories I would tell my grandchildren if I ever had any. These are the stories I have shared with countless children – those who shared a time of learning with me as students, my own two children who love and tell stories of their own, and for Lu, who loved the “gory stories” best.
Thank you friends and fans! Here is my final episode. It is a reading of a play that I wrote that summed up my dating experiences with match dot com. It was headed for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2020 before all the shit hit the fan. It will be produced one day soon at a theater near me. I'll update you on that one day.
Thanks for sharing this wild ride with me!
Please check out my other podcast fckshakespeare. And look out for my new one in 2024: 60something
The second half of our African adventure in 2004 took us to the Skeleton Coast and the crazy landscape of Namibia. It was a landscape you might see in a Star Wars movie.
I am also announcing that this will be the next to last episode. I am moving on to other projects and I tell you a bit about that in this episode too.
Thank you for all your support and love!
Mom and I took the kids on safari in the summer of 2004. We went on a tented safari - much more rustic than those glamping affairs they have nowadays. It was the trip of a lifetime! We shared many hours of animal sightings and wonderful evenings around the fire under African stars.
As my spring kicks off with adventures in theater, I wrap up my wonderful adventure in Portugal. Porto, Barcelos, Evora, Monsaraz and finally Lisbon. It was a blessing to spend concentrated time with my eldest child. I am forever grateful!
One door closes and another one opens, right? At least I'm back in the saddle and rehearsing a play!
Also you'll hear tales of my explorations of Portugal - visits to Sintra, Nazare, and Obidos to name a few. Wonderful!
I took my daughter to Portugal for two and a half weeks and we had some wonderful adventures. Here is a recording we made together of an insane ride up a mountainside to a tiny remote village called Aldeia do Candal. We were inspired to tell the story on the spot, so it's raw and unedited, but I hope you'll enjoy the spontaneity of it.
OK, well, technically two, but also one. The relationship lasted one year and we made love twice in that time. It was completely uncharacteristic of me to hang in that long with an unconsummated affair, so I should have known it was not for me much longer before I ended it. But when we're in the middle of something we can't always see it clearly.
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The Universe was sending me signals and temptations in the form of propositions from other quarters. Just when I was losing my mind with the intensity of a passion that was never consummated, I was being offered sex from many other sources. Would that solve the immediate problem? Or just make things more complicated?
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Do you ever write letters that you don't send? Perhaps as a "rehearsal" for a tough conversation? I find it a useful tool, and these letters are folded up and stuck into my journals all over the place. Here are some I did not send and some I sent to Simon and what resulted from them.
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Do you ever feel like life tosses you from highs to lows very quickly? I've had a few weeks like that lately, ranging from horrible evil to blissful happiness. It made me think of the Wheel of Fortune card in the Tarot. Nothing lasts forever. Try not to fight it.
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I've been looking into European citizenship options, and recently learned that Italy would not work for me. This came as a shock. I always thought I would end up there somehow but now I have to come up with an alternative. Ahh, well. It will always hold a special place in my heart.
I end the episode with an account of a crazy 30-hour tour of Rome with our teenage kids. Whose idea was that??! 😁
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In the midst of a bizarre love triangle I had to start protecting myself. I felt like a pawn in a high-stakes power struggle. I had to reclaim my own voice.
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He was a beloved little boy who died too soon. He brought joy and love into our lives when we needed him most and then he exited much too fast and horribly, but we will never forget him.
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Does anyone ever talk about a three-quarter-life-crisis? I examine that idea and also dip back into my mid-life-crisis. There was one moment there that was made glorious by an encounter with William Hurt. Whatever else might be said about him, he was a benevolent audience member and a fellow theater maker and I loved him for that.
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In the midst of a crazy love affair and trying to put a show on its feet I took off for a Carnival cruise down to the Caribbean with my mom and all the kids. It was a disappointing adventure and one I will never repeat, but I guess at least it was checked off the Bucket List. And I got to hug a dolphin! So there's that. ❤️
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As we kick off 2023 let's gently imagine what we want it to be. Perhaps we have been too aggressive in the past few years about insisting on change? Perhaps we need to be more peaceful about how we start this new year?
I am starting by jumping back and thinking about how I imagined my most passionate love affair would work out. That huge leap of the heart that I had engaged in at the end of 2002. In my imagination it worked out beautifully with respect and generosity. But of course I was only part of the equation...
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Where did this tradition of New Year's resolutions come from and why do we continue with it when we know that we are most likely to fail? I explore some of those questions and even a few statistics and then I arrive at a resolution. 😏 Will you make a list this year? Or will you just keep on glowing and being your beautiful flawed self? I hope this new year brings you insight, inspiration and love.
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Pulling one more out of the vault to give it a new shine. Here's Episode 84 and a collection of stories about Christmas Eve of yore... Enjoy!
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Pulling episode 83 out of the vault and adding a few more fun moments to muse about the Christmases of my childhood and all the weird presents we got. There's one that we especially loved to give, however, and that was our homemade Christmas calendar.
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Here's one from the vaults - Episode 79 re-worked and expanded to celebrate one of the most wonderful traditions from the Christmases of my childhood. I hope you are all making heart-warming memories with your own families and loved-ones during this season of lights.
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I got to feel that magic of the first snow of the season this morning! Lovely and harmless. As long as it doesn't keep me from going up to see my third child in Massachusetts. Her name is Eryn, and she's a friend of my daughter's that I grew especially close to during the trials of lockdown. She lived at my house for nearly a year and she became a beloved member of our tiny pandemic pod.
Eryn and Savannah are creating a tarot deck together these days. To see more about that, please visit Savannah's website: yewandeye.com
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Do you actively plan for how you want to approach your waning years? Can we do that in the same way that we set up goals for other future events? I am surrounded by octogenarians these days and it makes me think about what I will be like in another 25 years, assuming that I make it that long. So here's an episode about the future rather than the past...
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You know that "life imitates art" business people are always talking about? Well, I have often found that events in my personal life are amplified by whatever bit of Shakespeare's texts I might be working on at the time. It's spooky. Really. And so it was that Cleopatra came into my life just when I needed her most (like that cheesy song, yes...)
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What is your biggest secret from your life? Have you ever told anyone? Did it help? I am telling you my biggest secret right here. It's a relief. Still waiting for the fallout... we'll see...
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In the summer after her junior year of college, my mom decided that she wanted to see the country by taking a cross-country road trip... on a Vespa! In 1959, girls didn't do such things. It was an Odyssean voyage of perils and triumphs, and she told me this tale over a cup of coffee in her quiet suburban kitchen more than 60 years later. Yes, I had heard a small snippet of this story, but never the complete adventure. I was glad I asked.
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We start wrapping things up for the end of the year, and I don't mean presents. Gardens. Social calendars. Things happen in a similar way on the grand scale in terms of a life. I have been watching my mom and her siblings these past few days and have learned much about how our days decline. It's sobering. Some of life's lessons are harder than others.
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There is much that is problematic about the story that surrounds this holiday of Thanksgiving. I take a few moments to discuss that and explore how we might reframe it. But then I'll leave you with a satisfying assortment of things for which I am most grateful, including, of course, all of YOU! Blessings and gratitude!
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In which I compare inmates, Hamlet and next-door neighbors. 😳 It made sense in my head.
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Sometimes we are unaware of the foundations upon which we build. Both the physical structures - like my mom's house built on a cement slab which makes the whole downstairs freezing - and the philosophical foundations, like our beliefs and processes. My relationship foundations were rotten. I just didn't know it at the time. I've had more time to think now.
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Opening night of Romeo & Juliet finally came after so much anticipation of all kinds. My love affair was existing on waves of anticipation too. Pain and pleasure in such close proximity. Life imitates art.
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I dove into an affair that I thought would be a brief flash of passion, but which would turn out to be a longer chapter in my life than I imagined. Here it starts, amidst the tumult of amateur theater.
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What is this whole Daylight Savings Time all about and why can't we just decide for ourselves when we want to do things? I got curious so I went exploring a bit. But then I get back to Romeo & Juliet and couples' therapy. Oy!
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My mom's house is very chaotic! It is making it very difficult to concentrate on my own work. Not ideal. But I did get back to my story of the past, so get ready because there are some juicy tales ahead.
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I'm home sick today, as opposed to homesick. It made me think of being sick here in mom's house as a child and the various things I did to entertain myself. My grandmother came to read to me sometimes also, and she loved poetry. I especially remember this poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Every parent makes questionable choices for their kids in some way, and I think that taking my very young children to the Renaissance Faire in 2002 might have been one of those, but hey, in the grand scheme of things it was probably one of the least harmful. The Ren Faire became a big influence on us in that it gave us so many great ideas for our own productions. We made wonderful friends there and loved the whole time traveling aspect. I have great respect for those actors and I still go sometimes even though it has become big business now.
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Annie and I are in France and our alter-egos from college time just took over the whole experience, so here they are to paint you a colorful picture about their ramble through the French countryside. Enjoy! A-bean-toe!
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Every small encounter has changed the course of the path that has led me here. Some newer ones, funny and light, have added color to my crazy rambling adventure. Others from years ago still tug at my heart with a melancholy wish for just a few more days...
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During this visit, I'm finding Ireland to be a place of quiet satisfaction in a gentle life. I've met egg farmers and people with backyard sheep who spend their days spinning and weaving. It is an enviable and peaceful existence.
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I've moved on to Ireland and the many beauties that await a driver around any bend on The Wild Atlantic Way. One of these is a charming custom called the Honesty Box.
After I update you on my present delights I am continuing with my tales of romance and 2002. Romeo and Juliet was next on my directing docket. I just had to get through the painful process of casting.
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Welcome to a new season of The Bard of Hudson! It's been a year of podcasting, but in my timeline I'll be returning to the early 2000s with stories of dating in the early days of Match.com and many other haphazard and funny adventures. All along the way there will be discussions of current events, books, music and films that inspire me, as well as tales of the places that I am traveling to. I hope you are reminded of long-forgotten gems in your own life, or inspired to take new steps towards adventures of your own. Please share those discoveries and stories with me. Perhaps this season I will do some more interviews as well. I look forward to all the laughs, all the joy and all of the aha moments to come. Thanks for being here!
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Episode 250! Huge milestone for me! So here I'm going to give you some ideas of where to go back and listen to earlier episodes if you don't know where to begin. If you have been here all along, this episode will be a trip down memory lane of where we've been together. What a wild ride! I also mention some of my big influences as a podcaster and storyteller, as well as some of the movies that remind me of days of yore. As always... something for everyone.
After a short hiatus I will return with Season Two in the first week of October! See you then.
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People often fall in love in love scenes. Look at Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. If that's too far in the past for you then how about Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie? You know what I mean anyway. So how could well-intentioned amateurs from a small community in the Hudson Valley hope to escape such attachments? The words of love scenes are so well written as to be very convincing, and when you speak them out loud... you're sunk.
This very thing was happening all around me as we started doing our first shows with the troop of adult actors that were aptly called The Strange Bedfellows. One of those pairings happened quite unexpectedly, but turned out to be totally perfect.
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Some vignettes from the rest of my trip to Dubrovnik, including a visit to a strange tiny church in the town of Nin, and the mesmerizing sounds of the Sea Organ in Zadar. I was basically disappointed in northern Croatia, but you never know until you try. I returned to Dubrovnik on my last night and, after a wonderful final typical Croatian meal, I had a long hellish night. It was a rough ending.
In closing, Booking.com's customer service sucks. That is all.
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I took a pause between writing residencies to visit Croatia. If you know anything about Dubrovnik, you probably know that it is the location for many scenes from Game of Thrones. So... I went on a tour. Hey, it was also an ideal way to hear a lot of the history of the city, right up until the present. I touch upon the Homeland Wars - a terrible conflict that happened just 30 years ago. Dubrovnik has certainly bounced back, and HBO has been a big part of that.
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In some ways the neighborhood where I grew up as a child, Snedens Landing in Palisades, was very fancy and posh, and in some ways it was just a collection of friendly neighbors. Over the years there were parties that happened regularly for holidays where we could all go and be together at special occasions. Some of them were open to the whole community, and that felt so good to imagine that everyone in my neighborhood was a friend. Some of them were more exclusive, and some of those exclusions felt mean. In any case, they were always the source of much entertainment!
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What is it about the mother-daughter relationship? Why is it so fraught with drama, so complicated? Is it a battle we must fight for the sake of evolution? Do we ever really change that much from generation to generation? I woke up after a mushroom risotto with many thoughts swirling in my head. Who better to bounce them off of but you, my tribe? If you have answers or thoughts, please email me!
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My first Match.com date came around (pardon the pun), and I tried to approach it all with an open mind. I was 40, after all, and I wasn't imagining that wild, impulsive thrill of 20-year-old dating, but still... Turns out that Roy was one of those arrested development guys who was sophisticated when it came to cheese, but had some other less than ideal traits. Live and learn.
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"But thy eternal summer shall not fade, nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, when in eternal lines to time thou growest." - WS
This episode is dedicated to Pat, who passed on November 16, 2001.
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You don't need me to tell you what the morning of 9/11/01 felt like. You know.
Here is simply my account of what a small band of kids did with all that fear and hatred.
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My kids and I were sopping up all the Shakespeare learning we could take. We visited the UK in the summer of 2001 and saw a production at the new Globe Theatre and another at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford.
Then at the end of the summer I gathered a group of adults who were also jonesing to learn more about Shakespeare and I formed a company of amateur players called The Strange Bedfellows. Hmmmm....
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I spent my 40th birthday with people I had only just gotten to know during my few weeks at the Shakespeare & Company intensive (listen to the previous 2 episodes to hear the whole story). The day involved learning some stage combat techniques and this proved to be a very scary place for a lot of people. It was a day of wild ups and downs in many ways. The Intensive ended with marvelous performances from everyone involved, and I left there feeling like I wanted to do this work for the rest of my life.
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The Shakespeare and Company intensive was challenging both physically and mentally and out of a group of 60 people who began it, only 57 people finished. One of those people who dropped out was my scene partner, and that was brought about because I stood up for myself and asked for what I needed. It was another huge learning milestone.
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After two productions with my young company of players I decided that I needed a whole lot more training in order to raise the caliber of performances to a whole new level. I enrolled in a month-long intensive workshop with Shakespeare and Company in the Berkshires. This class was not only an extensive education in Shakespeare directing and acting techniques, but it made me a more complete and present human being. I will be forever grateful!
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On the cusp on turning 40 many things were changing for me. One unpleasant thing I had to get through was my first mammogram, but it was there that a nurse opened my eyes to a whole new world. I had no idea that people used computers to find dates. Match.com was in it's primitive infancy in early 2001, but it started me down a whole strange and wonderful road.
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There's nothing I love more than a group of people doing a creative project together. I had that with the kids in rehearsals, but those kids needed some exciting costumes. That's when we started to pull together a sewing bee. Something like that.
Amidst all that crafty happiness we also got some very rough news.
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My theater company doubled in size and clearly needed to continue as the demand was overwhelming. Then I got a very curious offer of a new place to live. It was a place I would have never otherwise considered, but hey, don't look a gift-house in the mouth, right?
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The first production of The Children's Shakespeare Theatre was coming together in a full expression of community effort such as I could have never anticipated. When the curtain finally went up on the show it was a blockbuster! OK, it felt so in our tiny hamlet. It was indeed a rousing success and everyone felt fully satisfied and ready for more.
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The close of the 20th century brought about many volatile transitions, both privately and publicly, and the Y2K mania was a strange one. Looking back, I think it started the new millennium off with the kind of mass hysteria over nothing that would ripen over the next couple of decades.
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I have just completed the NC500! It's a glorious drive around the northern Highlands of Scotland, across miles of one-track roads, some of them terrifying, and past acres and acres of rolling heather-covered hills. I have been tested and found competent in many ways. I have met some lovely people and shared some brief but satisfying encounters. It has been a time to treasure and remember forever.
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As my children began the painful process of learning to navigate divorced parents, I had to find something that would alchemize all that pain into positive feelings. That's when I decided to reboot the Children's Shakespeare Theatre which had given me so much help during a similar time in my own childhood.
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It finally came time for the two of us to open that door and walk through. The door that would lead us both to new lives and the freedom to choose something that was a better fit. After all the turmoil, the final conversations seemed to go by quickly... that's probably just my perspective from looking back.
From here on in there will be repair and rejuvenation and new projects and rebirth!
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It seems impossible to be miserable in beautiful Italy, but in 1999 I should have never agreed that Dave and I should go there together. It was too keen a reminder of everything we were losing.
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Where am I going with this, you may ask... From time to time I feel compelled to share with you some chunk of interesting stuff I've read in the hopes that it ties into my general narrative. Trust me on this one and I hope you learn something fascinating too!
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This has been one of the most beautiful places I have visited. Dramatic landscapes, enchanting marine life, and fairies, fairies, everywhere.
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I had that big talk with my daughter. It was a conversation to remember.
And then, not long afterwards, I almost lost my children. I was almost seeing their faces on the back of milk cartons. It was terrifying and fed into all my worst fears and all my discomfort in the new city that I had somehow agreed to move to.
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From time to time I have been known to make a bad decision. 😳
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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains description of sexual abuse of a child.
All of this soul searching was proving very enlightening. During a guided hypnosis I met some figures that had been lurking in my past and I got to purge one of them and learn a lot about myself.
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There are those thresholds you cross in childhood as various myths slip away and you "grow up." They are often harsh slaps from reality, but I think that Savannah and I came through this one fairly gracefully.
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At least the therapist I was seeing in Charlotte was creative. She did all sorts of interesting techniques including hypnosis. Maybe she wasn't sure exactly how to treat me and she was just throwing in everything she knew, but it was entertaining!
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When a marriage starts coming apart one wants to trace the steps that led there to see if there's a way to unwind the damage. Is there a threshold between fixable and broken where we can switch tracks and turn back? This is where I was in the spring of 1999, and all around me I could see evidence of similar things happening to others. It was like a spring cleaning for the new millennium.
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As I was lacking inspiration early this week, I decided to turn to the mentor who never fails: William Shakespeare. I visited Stratfor-Upon-Avon with a dear friend and rediscovered my tribe. So satisfying and so essential.
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A brief report from Worcestershire, and then I jump back one small step to pick up the story of my dad's passing. I had somehow thought it was in 1999, but it was a year earlier. That just goes to show how much his presence influenced my life then, and now. Ah, well... family is a combination of blood and choice.
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Moving is one of those huge life events that tests everything you're made of, and some of us were not passing the test. Even with two Christmas trees the new construction house we moved into didn't seem cosy. We discovered that we were bound to obey various rules set down by the neighborhood housing authority with regard to our garden decor. That did not go over well. All in all, I was struggling to accept my new environment.
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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains description of sexual assault.
As I was starting a new job with a new Montessori school down south, I was holding to my training and trying to run my classroom as I had been taught. That was proving unpopular with my colleagues.
When I learned that one of my students had suffered a terrible assault outside of school and that no one was willing to do anything about it, I was angry and really started to see that I was very much out of place in this environment.
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I met new inspiration in the form of an old Scottish storyteller. I wish I could have sat around by a fire and had a wee dram and listened to twenty more tales, but here's one for you all at least. It's called Old April. With gratitude to Austin Keenan!
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The day finally came when I had to leave my beloved house in Palisades. I did not share my grief with anyone, but plowed steadfastly on toward that waiting moving truck...
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I have landed among the hedgerows in the beautiful English countryside! I am the luckiest person!!! Here are my first impressions. I'll go back to 1998 tomorrow...
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Rome is everything they say, and more... stinking piles more. I am here during a garbage strike, and a taxi strike, so it's not ideal. I did have a wild ride through uncharted driving areas, though.
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Family vacations can't help but come with family drama, so I've again tried to figure out how it gets to me so badly. I don't know. Do we ever figure it out? If you have any insights please let me know.
But meanwhile in 1998, my kids were growing and learning about the birds and the bees and the lizards. So cute. Hope the cuteness outweighs the drama.
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As your kids grow I think you start looking for ways to draw out the qualities that you value by offering them various activities to stimulate their enthusiasm. Dave's family was very centered on sports, so he made sure the kids started playing Little League and soccer from an early age. I wanted to make sure they got the balance of cultural instruction as well, but neither of them seemed all too interested in music. It was an ongoing exploration, the fruits of which might not show up for years to come.
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The future is pulling at me. Where do I want to go next? What is my purpose now? Part of it is to tell this difficult piece of the past as simply and honestly as I can. It's 1998 in my narrative. I believe that there was much upheaval globally during those last couple of years of the old millennium. And so it was for me...
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I am back in the house that belonged to my grandfather where I used to visit every summer as a child. It is in a beautiful tiny town on the Italian Riviera. It is a place layered with memories from 50+ years, and yet, as it changes, it becomes vaguely unfamiliar in some ways too.
It is an incredible gift to be able to revisit these places that we treasure in childhood memories. We can look at them through the lens of adulthood and bring a new significance to various events and people who populate those memories. I'll be interested to see what bubbles up beyond the Proustian associations of various foods. I'm told some inner child healing might be possible. Stay tuned...
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Amidst the darkness that is playing out on the shores of my home country, I also have a story from my past that wrestles with the trials of reproduction and fertility. I think that the ethics around that are unsound and that the whole area needs to be rethought. It will be a long battle I'm sad to say. I grieve for us all.
However, I am in a place of beauty and laughter and song, so I will also leave you with some of that. I hope that I bring you some cheer for a moment.
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Americans are everywhere. Travel to Europe is on everybody's list this summer and I am running into my countrymen every where I go. A few anecdotes from the hotel dining room and then I get to a huge event in my history that started with a few small tears. It should not have had the momentum that it did, but you never know about these things until you're on the other side of them.
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An episode in which I sing. If that's to your liking. It's about boys learning to behave and older boys learning their limits, and there's also a brief tribute to a house that is not mine.
Farewell Aegina and here I come, Zakinthos!
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You think I'd have learned about sketchy roads on maps of Grecian islands! But no... Yesterday I almost gave up hope in the middle of a terrifying ride down the mountain. Otherwise, Aegina has been beautiful but very solitary.
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As my time in Crete draws to a close, I must present something that represents how I spent my time here. I will figure out what story I want to tell, but putting together our final show reminded me of a successful show that Savannah had at the very start of her career as an artist. She was six years old.
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When it comes to my kids, well... they come first. I will protect and defend them to my last breath. They are also my favorite people on earth and I would choose to be with them whenever possible.
Yes, I know, I am pretty far away just now, but that is temporary I hope.
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Every day with kids is an adventure, but when I agreed to take care of my sister-in-law's two kids along with my own while she and her husband went off to Hawaii five weeks after their son was born I got more than I bargained for.
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We definitely ain't in Kansas anymore, Dorothy! I've had various experiences with the flora and fauna of Crete - some of them charming and some of them harrowing. Hope it makes for evocative storytelling!
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My precious grandmother could not withstand the cruel and wasting disease ALS forever. In the winter and spring of 1995 she finally succumbed to the decline. It was the end of an era. She was the last matriarch of her generation. Her passing was marked by a profound experience for me, one that stays with me forever and gives me a special shield from fear.
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When an old friend passes away, that moment is forever imprinted on your brain.
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Coming to you from Greece where I have begun my Odyssean voyage this summer. I have landed in a tiny town called Agios Ioannis in Crete where I am attending a writing residency. Here are my first impressions...
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I was honored on June 1st by the Arts Council of Rockland with a lifetime achievement award for my work in local theater. It was a very moving event, with friends and family in attendance, and here are some of the highlights. I am very grateful to my loved ones for all their support both at this event and as I head off into my future adventures.
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These are the big communal events we all go through as families, and when you're married you get it from both sides. New babies balance out the older generation slipping away. If we can float above and look down we can see how it all balances out, but it seems intense while we're down on the ground and in the thick of it as I was in 1995.
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I am an expert nester. I love to create beautiful spaces for my loved ones to inhabit, and I was doing so much of that when we first started to settle in our new home. From paint treatments for every room to garden spaces, I delighted in making the house our own and discovering all its many joys.
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Because parenting in early childhood is not busy enough, I kept a journal for each of the kids to have someday that told of their growing and which they could have one day when it meant something to them. Don't ask when I had time to do this. That is a futile question. But Dakota's journal is adorable, and here's a piece of it so you can judge for yourself.
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The wonderful old colonial house that we bought and began to renovate in early 1994 had a few other occupants in it who began showing up in various ways. Fortunately they were benign and so they made for good stories, but we never felt we needed to summon an exorcist!
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Our little family was growing too fast for our tiny house. It was time for an upgrade. That's when a magical new home just fell into our laps. It was called Birdhaven.
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As with all phases of life there is joy and sadness. While I was sharing my early motherhood with my grandmother and enjoying her attentions to my children so much we were among the first to hear about a terrible diagnosis that would eventually lead to her death. It's strange to know what will kill you. It gives you time to concentrate on the things that matter most, but it is also infuriating in it's steady march towards an end. I suppose all of us are living that way but just less consciously than someone who has a spelled-out prognosis.
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As I look ahead to plan experiences I want to have in the next year of nomad life, I find that it is the animal encounters that I am most keen to seek out. During our exploration of the Galapagos Islands, we had the rare opportunity of swimming with sea lions, and that is an experience that still lives unparalleled in my life as a close and thrilling encounter with large wild animals.
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For the past year we had been planning a trip to the Galapagos as a family, so even though it meant leaving my precious baby boy with his grandparents, off we went! It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip with incredible animal encounters. Here is half the trip, as there is much to tell.
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Poor little Dakota faced many trials as an infant, but always with a sunny good cheer, which was a blessing for all of us. His first year of life also saw the passing of many of my grandmother's contemporaries. The generations were shifting.
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In The Way of the Traveller, Joseph Dispenza says, "You are the hero of your own journey. Every time you leave home on a trip, you are embarking on a quest for self-knowledge. The spiritual provisions you bring with you are... a kind of insurance for the success of the trip on a spiritual level."
So I am consciously trying to leave behind the spiritual crap that is too heavy and hard to carry. I see others, people that I love, who have carried things far too long which have then turned into ugly lumps that they can't seem to let go of. I would like to age more gracefully.
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My boy is 30 today, when this episode gets released!
My own little golden bear was growing like a weed, but I'm also including a side note about how I got to see Nicklaus win his last Masters tournament. These things just occur to me in the moment, so I'm going with it.
We took a family voyage to Italy when Dakota was only 2 months old and in some ways it was less challenging than I imagined, but in some ways the dynamics were shifting in ways I didn't appreciate. Life goes on, and the river ain't the same, I guess.
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On May 14, 1992 my son was born. On May 15, my children met each other for the first time. It was an hour that will live in my heart forever and sustain me through any darkness.
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I am one week away from closing on the sale of the only house I have ever bought myself with my own money. I do not have another house to go to at the moment, so I will be houseless for a while and willing to be so. Still, it is a huge void into which I am walking but I am trying to forge ahead in calm and not get overwhelmed and frantic. I'll let you know how that goes...
In less than a week my second-born, my son, turns 30. Hard to believe. I'll tell you what life was like 30 years ago as I prepared for his arrival.
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An impulse led me to hit play on a Carly Simon Radio playlist on Spotify yesterday and I heard songs I haven't heard since decades ago. Music has that magical power to bring you back to specific times, so here are a few vignettes prompted by long-forgotten lyrics. I even sing them. Be kind. It's early in the morning... 😁
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Do you believe that the position of the planets influences the big events in our lives? I think that astrology and Tarot and such help to shed light on our big questions and help us to see solutions and paths forward when we are struggling.
In 1991 I was in the midst of my Saturn Return, which is the time when the planet Saturn comes back to the very same place in the heavens where it was at the time of your birth. It brings huge upheavals, and forces you to level up in strengthening your foundational characteristics. That is what I was experiencing as I journeyed through my 30th year.
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In the fall of 1991 I found myself pregnant with my second child. The news kicked off an exciting new chapter for my little family, but unfortunately it didn't reach my dad in time for his liking. My neglect in telling him sooner proved to be the last straw in our deteriorating relationship and he wrote me what would be his final letter, drawing a line in the sand that would never be crossed.
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I'm picking up threads in my life that began way back in the past and are suddenly resurfacing to be carried on into the future in different form. As I recognize the origins of some of my impulses I feel strengthened in the certainty that I am pursuing the right course.
I'm also going to tell you about the origins of Savannah's creative life. It has taken many forms over the years, but it keeps coming back to some very early training she had at her grandmother's knee. Sounds familiar, right? It's a great place to start...
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I have a bad habit of making things look easy to the casual onlooker. I think I'm making this whole move out of my house look effortless and fun, but in truth I am just pushing those big feelings away into some dark place to surface later. It's not healthy, but I'll think about changing that tomorrow. 😁
The Palisades Gourmet Club was a blessed haven of fun that helped me skirt around the thorny realities of my familial troubles. We formed this group to start exploring the foods of different countries and it soon mushroomed way beyond that into elaborate dinners with costumes and wines and slide shows. It was delightful!
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He's the songwriter and lead singer of the band called The Grinders for which Annie and I sang harmony vocals in the late 80s and early 90s. My then husband, Dave, also played bass in the band, and you can hear him highlighted in the song Creature Features towards the end of the interview. Sprinkled throughout the interview are a number of our songs from the band's newly released CD, "Classics Remastered." You can find more music from the band on Spotify HERE.
I met Andy in 1980 when I moved into the Birdman dorm at Boston University, otherwise known as 90-92 Bay State Road. Reconnecting in 1985 and joining forces in this creative project ensured that our friendship would last for the rest of our lives. I am so grateful!
Traveling with children is always a crapshoot. In the days when I was a young mom there was not so much information and availability of tips on that, so we did the best we could to make travel safe and fun for little ones. Of course those unforeseen hazards and challenges pop out from nowhere and come in many forms - nasty coffee tables and highbrow expectations of how children should behave were among the pitfalls we negotiated in the summer of 1991.
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As I unearth the laters of stuff hiding away in my house, I have found another journal that I completely forgot I had. It contains stories about Savannah over a span of years. Here are some of the standouts. Enjoy!
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As our first child turned two, Dave and I were wrestling with the prospect of trying for another baby. He was very ambivalent, and it took a mountain of an adventure for him to finally make up his mind.
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I have never learned to be a calm and effective negotiator during personal conflicts. I don't think anyone in my family is a good example of this either. They are various examples of how to gather pain and anger and let them stew and then either explode or retreat. Pat and I were heading for explosions.
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Whatever you are celebrating during this Easter-Passover time, I wish you growth and expansion and new ideas.
Our Easter traditions mainly center around the artistry of egg dying. That's what takes center stage when you have a family of artists. It has evolved to include many new techniques over the years, and the resulting egg hunt is always a delight when you see those creations nestled in a tuft of flowers or cradled in the crook of a tree trunk. This year, since we only have one "child," we're doing a reverse hunt and only the people over 60 get to hunt. I can't wait!
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One of the many "gurus" I have studied with in the past year had a podcast called "Marketing in Your Car," where he recorded all his episodes on his commute home. Thought I'd give it a try on my road trip to Ohio. You'll hear the rough road going by underneath, but hey, it's like you're riding along. Enjoy!
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The experience of having twins is something I have no personal knowledge of, but I found a letter from my mom's partner Pat that laid out her trials as a new mom with two infants. I was having a very hard time trying to help her or understand her, so she took to writing me letters. Here is one of them from October of 1980.
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One of the too many books in the stack that I think I'm going to be reading before I pack up the last of my belongings and head off for Greece is a book that illuminates the origins of words. I chose the word 'eliminate' today, since I am doing so much of that. It has to do with thresholds, and there are many of those that await me too. Perhaps we'll do a word-of-the-day for the few days remaining before I have to leave that book behind?
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I got to sit down with my college roommate, Ann, and interview her! What a blast! We laughed about the past and imagined an even sillier future ahead for us as old ladies. And then she read a story that she wrote about when we first met. Enjoy!
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Taking a toddler to Europe is folly. They don't understand longitude and time changes and they do NOT adjust to jet lag at all! But I suppose one wouldn't know that until they had experienced it. Parenthood is full of stupid enterprises that hopefully only need to be done once to learn the lesson.
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Pat set up her mothering routines and the whole shape of their household changed dramatically. In the meantime, my cousin Phil got married in Atlanta and, despite a disastrous bachelor party, we all had a wonderful time!
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My son moved out yesterday. Rough time for me. My house feels very empty where there used to be life and furniture and cats. Thought I'd share it with you.
Then I'll move forward to the past again. Is that like the opposite of Back to the Future??
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Life is full of huge thresholds to be crossed, with all the attendant trauma and joy.
I am in the midst of shifting from living with family to living alone for the first time in my life really. My living space has always included a place for my kids to be, but now that will no longer be true for the foreseeable future. More to come on that...
Meanwhile, here's the account of the birth of Patty's twins. I was there. It was an exciting threshold to cross and would prove to open up a whole new world for all of us.
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Music came back into my life in the early days of my marriage in two forms. I was recruited to sing back up for a rock-and-roll band and also Annie and I started looking for a new singer so that we could refresh our old trio.
But by the time I was a new mom, all of these singing engagements suddenly necessitated finding some long-term babysitters. That is a tough threshold to cross - figuring out who to entrust with your precious child. I think your guardian angels have to work overtime when that stage begins.
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I went to a podcasting conference in LA and gained new respect for Will Ferrell. Funny how that works. It's just another small example of how our minds are broadened by travel. Although I did discover that I never need to return to LA. There are too many other wonderful places to see, and it's a weird place.
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Learning to take those first steps is an incredible threshold to cross into a whole new world of freedom and independence. It took Savannah a bit longer than most, but she finally figured it out with the help of every available adult. Once she conquered walking the sky was the limit! Trips to the movies, strolls in the park... springtime with toddlers is a lovely time!
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Where do they come from? And do people really consider the lasting impact a silly name for a child might have on their life in total? My brother and I have names that only a handful of select friends are still allowed to call us since we have tried to outgrow them to no avail. Ahh, well, someday when I'm a lonely old lady maybe I will wish for the sound of that stupid name...
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In the interest of balance, here's a fanciful ramble through all those adorable things that babies learn in their first year. It takes a village and we had one - an army of adoring fans and helpers from age 3 on up through great-grandmothers. They all came to celebrate Savannah's first birthday with her and watch her investigate her very first birthday cake. 😂
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Perhaps I am cynical about marriage as an Institution since I have so many examples of divorce in my family. Some thoughts on marriage and then some insights as to a dark challenge that would keep coming back throughout my relationship with Dave.
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When your families are all spread out across the globe it's a big challenge to share the new baby with everyone and still keep your sanity. But we felt everyone deserved equal time, so we made the effort to make the rounds during Savannah's first summer. At least she finally enjoyed the ocean, which would prove to be a lifelong passion as she grew.
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As mom's partner Pat lived through my pregnancy with me, she was really living vicariously through a private dream of her own. Finally, she revealed that she too wanted to be a mom and this came as a huge shock to my mom. It was a long and rocky road that the two of them had to negotiate, for so many reasons, and it dramatically altered the landscape of all of our lives.
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I don't know how many people in total have ever flown on the Concorde, but in 1989 I was one of them. Unfortunately it was at a time of terrible stress, but even so I remember it pretty well. It was a unique opportunity to see the earth from as far away as I will ever get.
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WARNING: This episode contains mention of suicide.
Mid-pregnancy I thought I was rocking' it and had mastered the art of pregnancy. I was a pregnancy goddess! When I passed through the portal of delivery and found myself at home with this tiny bundle of messes I was back to square one. Ignorant and confused, by turns ashamed and furious that I didn't know more, I struggled to feed that poor kid and accomplish the most basic of tasks.
Then came a horrible piece of news that made any petty struggles irrelevant.
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Having a child is, perforce, an act of hope and optimism. I am sad for so many of the 20 and 30-somethings of today who vehemently declare that they will not be bringing new life into this world. It means that they have lost hope for the future in some measure. Given the current state of affairs one can hardly blame them.
In 1989 the world was not so grim, at least not in my sunny corner. This episode is a small comparison of outlooks.
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The birth of a child is one of those seminole events in the course of a life that changes everything. No gory details here, for the most part, just magic. Enjoy.
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After some initial worry about further miscarriages, my pregnancy turned out to be an easy time. I read all the books, I took those LaMaze classes, and I hoped I was ready! We even squeezed - and I do mean squeezed - in a visit to NYC to see The Phantom of the Opera which had newly opened. So much to do before we wouldn't have a moment to ourselves for a long while...
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At the tender age of 27 I was getting ready to have a baby and thought I knew what relationships were all about. What hubris! I talk a bit about forgiveness here, and am very conscious that the person we sometimes most need to forgive is ourself. With all the best intentions in the world, we can make some stupid mistakes and assumptions. I hope there is enough forgiveness to go around for all of us.
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Another gorgeous place that I was fortunate enough to have access to was an incredible beach property in St. Barth's. It was there that my daughter was conceived on a gorgeous Mother's Day weekend getaway.
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Off we went for a summer visit with the family in Italy, but first we had decided to pass through Paris and visit my cousin, Laura, who was living there. To my dismay I found that Parisian society - then full of chain smokers - did not agree with my early pregnancy. It was rough keeping that secret and I was very relieved when we could finally spill the beans!
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How do we accumulate all of that stuff that crowds and clutters our houses over the course of a lifetime? After a brief examination of that dilemma I go on to tell you about the next big phase on the horizon in the summer of 1988. Big news!
Also, heads up: after episode 150 I am going to go to releasing episodes every other day rather than daily. For my own sanity in this time of transition.
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When people are about to cross a big threshold they often unconsciously try to destroy what they're leaving behind in order to be able to leave it. Teens do this when they are going off to college or moving out of the family home. Toddlers do it in a smaller way when they are testing their autonomy out in the world away from the arms of their parents. It is a fascinating pattern.
I am trying to be conscious of it as I close this chapter and prepare for my travels. I am trying to learn from past mistakes. With me luck.
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Mom has always been a dog lover, but when she started volunteering at the saddest shelter ever, she brought home a couple of really weird ones.
At the same time, we stray dogs who kept wandering out to the country from the bustling metropolis of Hoboken would finally give in and decide to be the country mice we were in our hearts. Dave and I saw one house and made an offer, and it was ours. No complications. We knew what we wanted, and that was that.
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My mom's new flame was an ardent fan of the movie Moonstruck. It became a running theme in our lives for the next decade or so, which added a humorous note at just the right places. As mom was trying to decide upon a more permanent partner, Dave and I watched from the sidelines, or sometimes from the rock face. That was during a brief foray into rock climbing as a hobby.
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He's been an important ally through hard times and always a precious friend to me. There have been times when we've grown apart and then we come back together and the relationship knits up differently, but it is always a central pillar of my life. We share certain memories that no one else knows, and I am keenly aware of that as I unfold this story.
He saved me from a killer vacuum once. Don't turn your back on those. They will bite you when you least expect it!
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As I struggled to figure out what my "calling" in life was, I threw myself into domestic bliss with a vengeance! And then took up therapy... 😏 Mom set me up with a therapist she was seeing because she, too, was caught between some intense extremes in the form of two very different women she was seeing. Interesting times...
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WARNING: This episode contains a description of an act of violence that may upset some listeners.
The bruising is about me and something I chose voluntarily.
The battering is one of those things that unfortunately one might have occasion to witness on the streets of New York City. It was an event that left a deep impression on me.
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I had to slog my butt around a great deal in the early days to get myself those first important assisting jobs, but eventually I landed some longer-term gigs with excellent photography studios. It was an exciting time of learning and negotiating the big city.
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After a whirlwind tour of all the golf courses in Bermuda, and endless repeats of The Girl From Ipanema, we went back to NY and "real life." We finally settled in Hoboken, NJ, home of Frank Sinatra and up-and-coming addendum to NYC. It was a good place to start.
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It wasn't the royal wedding by any means, but it was great fun. Many little homemade details made for a charming event. There was some drama. Isn't there always, where weddings are concerned? Whatever the case, we made it our own occasion to remember!
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My daughter turns 33 today! In celebration of which I hope you will forgive a bit of gushing. She has had a rough time of this day for the last few years, and I hope that this angel number birthday frees her from that bad spell. Soar, my love!
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I'm re-reading a wonderful book about writing by Anne Lamott entitled Bird by Bird. It's about deconstructing the process and seeing the steps contained therein. It made me reflect on the building blocks that have gone into constructing the life I have today.
I also had a sleepover with my college roommate, Ann. Such fun! Grownups should have sleepovers more often. We rarely have extended time to really get below the superficial stories and into the meat of our why's and how's. I recommend you try a sleepover with a friend.
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In Tanzania we explored the Ngorongoro Crater and the incredible Eden preserved therein. Thousands of flamingoes flew overhead and a small pod of the last remaining rhinos munched under the watchful eye of protective rangers. I hope their descendants still thrive there.
Being in Africa certainly threw into stark relief the devastation that the human species has had on this planet. What if...? Impossible now to think of the alternative, but I felt that I glimpsed it there in Tanzania.
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After seeing all the beautiful wild animals roaming the plains what is the logical conclusion to arrive at? Why, to eat them, of course. NOT! That's what our guides thought, however, so in the middle of our trip they took us to The Carnivore Restaurant. It was upsetting, but we made the best of it.
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My mom wanted to take me for one last trip before I was a married lady, so we went on an incredible safari in Kenya and Tanzania, just the two of us. We were forever changed by seeing the majestic beasts in their natural habitats, and it was an incredible opportunity that I have never forgotten. This is part one of a 3-episode tale of that epic adventure.
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As we started planning our wedding, we also had other fun things we wanted to do. Most importantly, Dave had to take his first trip outside the country to visit my family's ancestral seat.
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How do people learn about each other? Food? Movies? I go on a bit of a rant about pesto... just go with it.
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Meeting the family... always a big first, right? Before that I'll give you a teaser trip to NOLA and my first, and probably last, visit to a strip club. There might be one colorful phrase in there, but you can handle it.
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Dave and I collaborated on many exciting and creative projects, some which even involved our furry friends. Then there was an ugly competition as well that threatened to destroy the spirit of cooperation at our school, but fortunately the spoils went to the proper victors and balance was restored.
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Figuring out career paths and relationships... I guess that's what your 20s are all about. At least there was one very funny dog to help add some comic relief.
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Sometimes in the middle of an old movie does a memory pop out at you from nowhere that you had totally forgotten about? So it was for me when I watched Frankie & Johnny with Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer the other night. I had totally forgotten about my summer job in a Greek diner. Here 'tis.
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Did everyone have a magic mushroom phase? Mine was brief, but this was the funniest episode of those.
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I made so many bad choices in my youth. Ahhh, let's face it, all through my life. At least I hope that the ones I make now don't hurt anyone but me. This foray into polygamy that I was engaged in had to come to an end somehow...
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During my heady days of freedom when I first got to Atlanta I flung myself into as many new relationships and friendships as I could manage. At one point I impressed even my mom with my wild social calendar. That was no easy feat. I was in my glory, but definitely flying too close to the sun.
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A new environment gave me a whole new crowd of people in my life. Some of them went on to be very important to me for decades, and some were just there to add delight and joy to those present days. They all served to shape me and teach me so many new skills.
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I went on to work on my photography skills at a brand new school in Atlanta. I had never lived in the south or spent much time there, so it was funny to realize what a carpetbagger I really was. Make no mistake, they thought so too. It was a fascinating education in more ways than one.
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When you hear that year do you immediately go to the George Orwell novel? Most of his bleak imaginings about the future proved thankfully incorrect... or did they? Big Brother? Oh, I think he's around...
Some context info on that year and also my blissfully unaware summer of love-not-love...
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At Club Med in Mexico I met a boy from Canada and had a brief but thrilling affair. Hey, your 20s is the time for those things, n'est ce pas? It served to highlight some of the problems with my primary relationship, however, and we decided to spend some time apart to reevaluate our needs.
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Two crazy 20-something kids set up housekeeping. What did we know of this? Absolutely zero, but hey, you gotta learn somehow. In order to go further with our relationships, some very big steps had to be taken.
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After all those tales of faraway lands, I'm taking a brief pause to consider the path. In those moments of transition it's important to look back and see where we've been so that we can move forward. I think none of us take enough time to do that.
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Call me crazy... seriously, you have my permission... but after leaving China I went on a month-long backpacking trip across Europe with my boyfriend. We went to many places I had never been to and a few that I wanted to show him that I knew. We had a glorious time, as only two crazy kids in their 20s can have on a shoestring. I highly recommend it, kids!
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By the time we were halfway through this incredible trip we were hitting overload. So many temples and emperors, many of which I'm sure I'm pronouncing totally wrong! Please forgive me.
We traveled down the Yangtzee by boat and across the interior by train and saw so many small towns which are probably bustling metropolises now. We exchanged songs and fun with many of the locals and absolutely loved every minute. So sad to leave.
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From spectacular landscapes with jutting mountains rising straight out of the river to dragon boat rides down the canal to towns where people came thronging out to the dock to welcome us, central China was magical. We were able to get a glimpse into commune life and were taught much about how handicrafts were made via methods that were handed down over hundreds of years.
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After Hong Kong we hopped over to mainland China and our first stop was Kunming. We quickly realized that the Chinese viewed us as true aliens, having never seen anyone that looked like us. It was bizarre and amazing, and we marveled at all of the things that we took for granted that were totally new to them... like red hair!
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The next few episodes will be about my trip to China in the summer of 1983. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before, and I believe it was a unique opportunity to see China during a historically unprecedented transition. After Mao died in 1979, the country opened up to Western visitors in a broad way and it was a chance to almost walk through the past because there were few so-called modern conveniences and yet so much national excitement for the country to burst into a new era and catch up to its fellow super powers. Little did we know where that fervor would lead them...
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WARNING: This episode contains a brief description of physical trauma which may be upsetting to some listeners.
In the spring of senior year tensions were high. School was intense, worries about the future and a disappointing sex life didn't help. Then I found myself pregnant and completely uneducated and unprepared for how to deal with that.
Nonetheless I finally made it to graduation, hopefully wiser... definitely relieved.
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An episode of random side notes because sometimes I get ahead of myself and forget stuff. But mainly I'll tell you about how my mother reconnected with one of her treasured Vassar friends.
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As I made the transition from free spirit to full-time girlfriend, I had weekly identity crises. I didn't recognize myself in this jealous, obsessive woman, and didn't know enough about communication to work my way into peace. It was a prickly growing time, but at least it was punctuated by our Cook of the Week club, an excursion into culinary delights. Most of the time.
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In the summer of '82 I was lucky enough to be accepted into a summer photography class in Paris with the Parsons School of Design. I learned so much about the craft of photography and the city of Paris, and I made one important life-long friend.
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Since the drinking age was 20 when I was 20, my 21st birthday didn't have to be a big deal, but it turned out to be as far from a big deal as it could get. I spent the evening with a Lite beer and a bunch of weird anonymous drunks at a Commonwealth Avenue drinking hole called The Dugout.
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Amidst other intense developments there were also insane distractions and one of these was Bette Midler. We adored her and wanted, more than anything, to sing backup for her. Did it happen? Listen and see.
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Junior year heralded a new phase for me in that I started developing relationships with men in new ways. Before that it had been all playful and never serious, but somewhere in the fall of 81 that started to change.
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More curious relationships developed during my junior year as new Birdmen moved into our dorm. We created a contest, whose rules were obscure to everyone, wherein we chose a "Birdman of the month" and featured his portrait over the face of a famous hunk. That was one way we spiced up life in room 304.
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During my junior year, The Offkey Three enjoyed quite a run of excellent gigs - Boston and NYC and even a short radio spot. Imagine where I might have been if we'd gone pro. Ah well... another road not taken...
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I was an avid letter writer in my youth. I even transcribed letters I had written to friends into my journals so I could keep them. Here is one that I wrote home to a friend who was still in high school. I even sprang for the 20¢ stamp!
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In the summer after my sophomore year I had the house to myself. When a person is 20 years old I'm sure you know where that leads! July 4th at the Jersey shore and a wonderful NYC internship rounded out a very fun summer.
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By the spring of sophomore year I was really settling in to this crazy new community I had happened upon. The Birdmen were a constant source of fun and joy, and a few stand out in particular. Our friend Chip satirized all dorm denizens in a once-in-a-while rag he wrote called Gathers No Moss (the name a tribute to the Rolling Stone Magazine that he loved so much). I include an excerpt here. Enjoy!
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In sophomore year Ann and I moved into a wild and crazy double brownstone dorm on Bay State Road wild a bunch of guys who called themselves the Birdmen. They were a mystery to us for a few weeks until a rager of a party and a harrowing initiation earned us some respect.
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What a huge milestone!! So exciting!!
In this episode I tell the adventures I had on a research trip down a river in Suriname, S.A. where we encountered the winti - the spirits that inhabited every living thing. They are powerful, let me tell ya!
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In the summer of 1980 my mom's financial circumstances changed dramatically. This afforded us opportunities that we had not imagined before, and I signed up for a research trip with a company called Earthwatch. Destination Suriname, S.A.
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In the second semester of freshman year I found my voice again when my friend Ann organized a musical group called The Offkey Three. I learned to harmonize in a whole new way and we made big plans for our future glory as chick singers.
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My first view of the Boston skyline was the day I went up to start my freshman year. So many changes all happening at once, against the backdrop of my first experience in city living. It was there that I met one of my oldest and dearest friends and my next source of musical inspiration.
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During that summer between high school and college, my relationship with my father grew to an angry explosion.
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As all transitions are, the end of senior year was marked by big and turbulent emotions. Why is it that when we leave one phase we feel we must push away anyone who existed in the previous phase?
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We arrived in Crete and then took off across the island in two small cars. That was the first bad decision... So many beautiful things to see and so many twists and turns to get there.
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In April of 1979, the spring of my senior year, I went to Greece with my mom on one of her student trips. It was a wild and improvised adventure! Here is the first part, through to our insane trip on the overnight ferry.
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This is the year we move past all this pandemic stagnation and rediscover our freedom and our joy! Here are some questions to get you started. Always start with the questions and keep asking until you reach the true heart of the matter.
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I hate New Year's Eve!! It has always been the worst day of the year. This year there's hope for better.
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In the spring of senior year my school put on the musical Gypsy and I got to play a stripper. It was a synthesis of all the best that my high school career had to offer and I loved it!
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Applying to college was a mysterious adventure for me - one without a guide. I randomly got into one that did not fit into my chosen career path, but somehow it didn't seem to matter. Early acceptance left me free for other joys, however, and spring semester was full of music and fun.
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Resolutions are too intimidating. Instead, let's just focus on the first quarter of the year. Three small months. Here are some of my small goals for that time.
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Just like Dante, I find myself a bit lost in the middle of my path today. I am not someone who does well with too much free time, and recent closures have left big gaps in my schedule. When you feel lost or depleted, what do you do to restore your energy, your sense of purpose, your faith? I would love to hear from you.
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As we move into the end of the year I thought I'd do some countdowns, like Casey Casum on WABC. Here are some highlights from the almost 50 books I read in 2021.
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That feeling of anticipation... family you haven't seen in months perhaps, foods you only eat at this time of year, and the fun of the craziest gift. I hope your Christmas morning (if that's what you celebrate) is joyous and warm with love.
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Does your Christmas holiday include a particular celebration of Christmas Eve? Fish, like the Italians? Yorkshire pudding? I have had some of everything over the years. Here are some of the best bits.
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What traditions do you have that center around particular holidays? One of my favorites was creating a Christmas calendar each year for my grandmother. It was an opportunity to come together and make art, and I wish we could continue it someday.
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My first real boyfriend, Paul, was a sweet, gentle soul and I was lucky to have him show me how good relationships could be. And then I cast him away, thinking it was too much of a good thing. Ahhh, youth... so stupid...
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My first car was a 1972 VW convertible that I named Elsie (L.C.) for Little Car. She afforded me freedom and adventure and I took full advantage of that my senior year of high school.
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My mother-in-law was a tiny woman with a big personality! When it came time to decide what she would be called by her grandchildren, my daughter made up the name 'Begga,' and she has been Begga ever since, even to her own kids. December 20th is her birthday, so here are a few stories about her.
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My neighborhood of Sneden's Landing had some heartwarming community traditions when I was growing up. One of my favorites was the annual Christmas caroling party.
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My ex-husband and dear friend, Dave, passed away yesterday morning. I pause my narrative to remember him and pay tribute to his talents and good humor.
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After yesterday's rough episode I thought I'd lighten the mood with frivolous fun. My math teacher spent an entire day before the end of the term reading Christmas poems and stories. Here are a couple of funny ones.
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I was learning so much about music from seniors who I revered, and our Madrigal group got to record a Christmas album that is a treasure to me still. But we were also getting into bigger trouble these days and some of that led to uncomfortable encounters.
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My friend got her license and so we had freedom. Freedom to hang out with boys and make out. I failed my driving test, so I had to wait.
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There were so many fads in the late 70s, and one was "Consciousness Raising" groups. We had one in our neighborhood for mothers and daughters. Between that and karate I had a wide range of influences at work in my life during junior year.
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My sweet sixteen party was one for the books! This was also the time when I really started to find my people. Thank goodness!
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Kissing and hickeys and blow jobs. The stakes were getting higher in the arena of male female relationships...
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My father was really out to impress us with his chosen home of Los Angeles, so our trip involved all the best sights to see. Disneyland was a marvel to me, but looking back at it from this perspective I realize how quaint and small it was then by comparison.
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In the summer of 76 my mom built a cool van with a crazy interior (shag carpet and all!) and we took a cross-country road trip. The destination was LA and we were going to meet our dad for the first time in 12 years.
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Navigating the new order in high school was a big challenge. I didn't have a clan. I wasn't a jock or a greaser. Where did I fit in?
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WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
In the summer of 1975 when we were off at summer camp for the second time, my mom and Virginia were assaulted on a camping trip.
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In the summer of 74 my Uncle Gianni got married. Then he headed off on his honeymoon... with his mom and all us kids! Big mistake.
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As soon as I discovered the joys of kissing it became a brave new world! Camp socials, the dances at the end of the week, were the stuff of dreams. So much drama! I loved it. At the end of the episode I sing the camp song that we wrote during our days of being grounded. It's a gem.
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This one year, at riding camp... I went to summer camp for the first time in the summer after I turned 14. There had been a rash of kidnappings in Italy, starting with the famous Getty kidnapping, and my grandfather didn't want to put us at risk, so my mom and my aunt found us a new diversion.
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To read more about the Getty kidnapping: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a9173861/john-paul-getty-kidnapping/
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One of our winter traditions was the annual family ski trip just after Christmas. I never became better than intermediate, but there was that one time on the double black diamond...
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Shakespeare came into my life right at the time when I was starting to explore my own sexuality. I knew there was something to that language that held the keys to discovering more about this. I couldn't get enough!
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My mom came back into my life when I was 11 1/2, and with her came a slew of confusing circumstances. I didn't really understand what it meant to be a lesbian, and I had no other examples around me to serve as models.
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In the year that I was 11 many things happened to change my life in big ways. I was starting to learn about boundaries, sexuality and what it meant to be "cool." I wasn't.
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My uncle gave us weird nicknames one summer and perhaps it was those names which carved out a new hierarchy? It was a rough summer for my cousin Phil.
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Summers in Italy part 2. What it was like to swim in the Mediterranean Sea in the late 60s when environmental regulations were not so strict. Hmmm...
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My aunt and uncle represented normalcy to me. Whenever I spent time with them I was able to imagine life as part of a regular family. It was something I craved and each time spent with them built up my hopes for such a family of my own one day. Here I tell of their home in New Jersey and of traveling to Italy with them for summer vacations.
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WARNING: This episode contains a scene of violence that may be upsetting or triggering to some people.
My governess was an old-fashioned woman with a long history of association with our family. She was a specter not easily shaken.
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My grandmother and her sisters grew up going to a rustic family ranch in the Rockies, and in the summer when I turned 10 she took us there for the first time. It was magical!
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A brief episode about some things I am thankful for today.
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For a few years there when I was a teenager I collected quotes in books. Those collections give a glimpse into what I was interested in and obsessed with at various times. I'll even read a few to spark your curiosity.
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He's my ex-husband and the father of my children and today is his birthday. In this episode I talk about how we met and what is happening with him now.
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Another magical piece of Sneden's Landing was the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory which sat at the top of the hill and overlooked the neighborhood. It was acres of playing paradise with a secret rose garden where we sat in the sun and told stories.
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Our childhood seemed to be full of the spaces we built to house our stories - treehouses, snow forts and "sets" created out of abandoned houses.
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Halfway to my goal of 100 episodes I pause to consider what things are OK to do only halfway and what kinds of things are no good unless completed.
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Our one-story neighborhood schoolhouse was just a short walk from my house - not uphill both ways in the snow. Even so that walk held many challenges.
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From about age 6 - 11 my mother did not live with me and my brother. She visited, but had her own apartment in NYC. I'll explain why in this episode.
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My grandmother's house was a warm gathering place with nooks and secret places. It welcomed us all for every holiday event for decades. Here's a sense of it, if you add your imagination.
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My grandmother settled in to life on another continent, and then... war strikes. It changed everything globally and also personally for the little family.
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In perusing my grandmother's letters, I got to thinking about how we don't write letters any more. It is a practice I kept up for so many years and I'm gonna bring it back!
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In order to marry my grandfather in Italy, my grandmother converted from Mormonism to Catholicism. This prompted me to briefly explore my family's history with religions.
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The decisions that my grandmother made at the tender age of 20, when the world was in economic turmoil, changed the trajectory of my family's history dramatically. Who knows who I would have been with a grandfather named Tommy instead?
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My poor grandmother had to find us a home so she could have her peace and quiet back! That's how we came to settle in Snedens.
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When my parents were first getting divorced we spent a brief time in Reno, Nevada at a camp for kids whose parents were getting divorced. Don't ask me, I didn't know there were such things. We made the best of it by making a short film. A spaghetti western, of course.
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My dad was a mystery for a lot of my life. Here are some of the things I remember about him.
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Do you know the details of your origin story? I know some. Here's a start.
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Beginning a series of episodes about those who made me. Here I'll start with mom.
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"Remember remember, the 5th of November..." Guy Fawkes Day, bonfires and natural rhythms are the topic of today's musings.
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Augury is the practice of interpreting natural symbolism, particularly the flight patterns of birds, to determine whether the gods are pleased or angry about your plans. I had an encounter with a pair of Sandhill Cranes. I'll tell you what I interpreted from that encounter.
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Which books from your childhood left a deep impression on you? In this episode I tell you some of mine. Hope it takes you on a journey of nostalgic re-discovery.
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Maybe I grew too fast as a kid, but holy cow did I have some memorable scrapes.
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Throughout my life there has been a high value placed on being an artist by my family. My family contains many very accomplished artists, so where does a dabbler like myself fit in?
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I have read tarot cards for myself and my loved ones for 3 decades now, and yesterday I did readings for strangers for only the second time. I delve into what the Tarot means to me and how to invite the medicine of the cards into your life, if you so choose.
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Reveling in all the potential of a new month ahead! I go off on a couple of tangents about housing developments as being excellent places to trick or treat and the prefix 'dis.' It's a wild ride.
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My neighborhood celebrated Halloween all together. It was a delightful tradition that continues to this day.
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What is it about fear and mischief that we are so drawn to them? Why do we like to be scared and to scare others? In this episode I explore the traditions of "Gate Night."
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Reading The Way of the Traveler, I think about the process and pattern of the journey and how my uncle always had an epic slide show after his journeys to tell us all about his adventures.
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My grandfather delighted in competitions and every summer he organized a family Olympics with gold medals and all!
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People, characters, situations are very different depending on your bias and the information you've been given. I explore this idea while thinking about Richard the third.
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Some people collect shells, I collect rocks, although now I struggle with overweight baggage rules.
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What do those dreams mean? Big, empty houses... some early Halloween haunting?
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I traveled to Egypt for the second time with a big family group. This time I truly saw the majesty of the country! We sailed up the Nile and saw all the must-see sights and even made it to the top of the Great Pyramid.
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I went to Egypt twice in my life and this is a story of the first time when I was only 1. My mom and dad agreed to do a favor for an Egyptian friend that could have landed us all in prison. Doggies saved the day.
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Each member of your family has a particular role in your life. Here I examine the role of my one and only aunt.
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My goal was to record 100 episodes before the end of the year. I am one-fifth of the way there! What awesome things come in fives??
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What has happened to the attention spans that used to allow us to build incredible things with our hands? The future of handmade items is... in your hands.
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The many faces of Lou and why I dedicated this podcast to them.
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It's "spooky season!" What are the sources of your nightmares? The chomping dolls from Barbarella? Anyone?
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One last closet that will be impossible to purge is my costume closet. Don't judge.
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Continuing my closet purge I come upon a stack of old T-shirts from college. How on earth can I part with those??
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The stars are in alignment for cleaning out closets, so here goes! Let's start with those shoes...
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I was curious about the nature of memories and how they are preserved. Here's one from way back about a kindly Borzoi named Boris.
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In praise of a beauty we just lost and in expectation of more kitten joy to come.
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My grandmother passed on her love of singing to me because she filled our childhood with songs.
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I have a piece of furniture that offends me. It reminds me of a terrible sunburn. I need to get rid of it.
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A summer trip to Tortola contains weird little memories of invading goats, horrific meals and an unfortunate intersection with a sting ray.
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When we were kids, my mom tried to dig us a swimming pool in the backyard. It didn't work, but it made for some great stories.
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When people die do their stories die with them? Here's the tale of Peter Grey and his quirky sister, the thatcher. Part two in an audio triptych of childhood in Sneden's Landing.
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In the tiny hamlet where I grew up there were some odd and marvelous characters. One such was Marian Grey, an old lady who was both scary and fascinating to me as a small child. I only later found out that she was quite famous. Here is her story from my childhood perspective.
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Take one of your worst days and turn it into your best day.
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Once in a while there's a date that sticks in your memory as magical, even if it was only a one-time thing. I found one of those at the Renaissance Faire, of all things.
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We have less than 100 days left of this year. What will you do with that time? I here examine some of the things I will be focusing on for the rest of the year. There are also weird side notes about Christmas trees at Lowes and mysterious coffee sludge. Just go with it.
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What will you discover in the next 10 years? When you have arrived at your last day, what will you look back on as your best moments? What will you regret not having done? In this episode I talk about the roads not taken and why. I recommend a book, The Four Hour Work Week, as a tool for helping you explore those roads... if you want. I talk about one thing I am going to make happen that I found out is not so unattainable after all.
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Where am I coming from? Where am I going with this? I find that questions are my best tools for defining my path. And right now I am on a quest to define the next 5 years. Well, actually, that seems like a long time, but I don't want to succumb to "death of history syndrome" - we'll talk a bit about that. I broach a few subjects that we're going to delve into in the following weeks - pivoting, curiosity, loss of identity, origin stories... I'm on a mission! Join me.
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What's the story, Gerry? Remember that silly ad? If not, you're not as old as me. That's OK. I am going to tell some of the stories from my six decades on this planet. Some of them will be about weird, long-forgotten stuff, and some of them will be suggest from modern life. I hope you'll find kernels of truth and inspiration along the way.
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