Archive for the HOLIDAY Category
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY MEMORIAL WEEK-END/I’M BACK
HAPPY MEMORIAL WEEK-END/I'M BACK I came back from New York for this week-end, even though I had a fun one planned in the Hamptons. But I wanted to get back to LA and re-group for activities to come in the next few weeks. So, I'll be usin
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY 2013
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY 2013 I can't believe I haven't yet begun to heal from losing my little mother almost a year and a half ago. But this year, I didn't want that to stop me from acknowledging all the other mothers I know. [caption id="a
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY PASSOVER 2013
HAPPY PASSOVER 2013 [Note: I have to admit that I wrote this while watching this week-end's NCAA Basketball Tournament. I couldn't give up even one second of the exciting tourney for anything else, and was glued to the TV for over twelve
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY ST. PATTY’S DAY!
HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY! [There's something fun to do in L.A. today, so please read on. And have a happy St. Patrick's Day!] No one in L.A. ever wants to do anything for this holiday! But I always have a great time when I'm on the east
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY 2013
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY 2013 You're all going to be shocked by the brevity of this column! I have nothing clever to say about Valentine's Day this year. I want to remind people without a love partner that it's only one day, so don't make
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, 2013!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, 2013!!! It's my birthday today! It used to be my happiest day all year, with all kinds of fun activities planned, but the previous two have been sort-of crappy. (No one can win 'em all, after all, so I'm fine with i
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012-2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012-2013 I can't believe that New Year's Eve is here again so soon!!! It's been a trying year, to say the least, not just for me but for this whole country. But we got through it somehow. Two weeks from today, Januar
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HOLIDAY: CHRISTMAS DAY 2012 WISH FOR ALL
CHRISTMAS DAY 2012 WISH FOR ALL I've never before posted a column on actual Christmas. But I had planned this this year because it's, unfortunately exactly once year ago today that I lost my precious mother. Yes, in case you forgot, th
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HOLIDAY: CHRISTMAS 2012
CHRISTMAS 2012 I've always been aware that many people struggle with the holidays. I always loved this time of year myself, always!, and have tried to help as many people as I can enjoy them, too. But, I've also empathized with the peopl
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HOLIDAY: THANKSGIVING: THINGS I’M GRATEFUL FOR
THANKSGIVING: THINGS I'M GRATEFUL FOR Back in August, I did a column about the things I'm jealous of others for having or doing. Even as I wrote them, (though mostly for entertainment value,) I felt awful listing them. I'm more grateful
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