Write Through Doors

June 20, 2014.    On June 9,2014 I gave up sugar, gluten, dairy, and alcohol, (all of which I usually  enjoy a great deal.  I’m the type who grabs a handful of free restaurant mints.) Although this is only for 21 days, a friend still called this “a torturous diet.”  “Why?” she asked.  A good question […]

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I have a habit—good or bad, I’m not sure which—of signing up for physical challenges and then ruing the moment I did. I worry about the event. My neurosis surfaces from deep in my genes and whispers annoyingly, “Why did I say I’d do this? I could stay in bed and read a good book.” […]

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On June 17, 2013, I had the honor of working with 60 female Jewish cantors at their annual Women’s Cantor Network conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan.   Our challenge:  write a song in two hours.  A song by sixty women musicians?  I don’t know even two women who can agree on the same type of coffee […]

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If you are interested in  more information, check out my new class, Publish Your Own Ebook. As easy as we hear it is to publish an eBook, you still have to know how.  Here’s how in three steps. This blog post:  Setting up Your Amazon Account Next blog post:  Telling Amazon the name of your […]

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I have joined the Solsticehood.  We are a select group of dedicated, passionate, inquisitive, supportive, tolerant people who are crazy enough to think they have something to say.  Our amazing director is Meg Kearney,  Townie author (and hottie) Andre Dubus III taught a fabulous class in January.   For now, I’ll just let the video […]

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If you are like me, your weekends are precious.  They are my time to be lazy and relax, then get off the sofa and straighten up the mess from the week, and get out of the house to exercise and socialize.  In short, time to recharge my batteries and maintain my life. Is there a […]

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August 15, 2011. When we visited Al and David in LA over Bob’s “double nickel” birthday, Al suggested many events.  We went out to eat, went to the Dodgers game, and watched Fight Club at night in a park on a 15 foot blow-up screen, with dinner from gourmet food trucks. But the family wanted […]

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“How does it feel to have your CC?” asked Annie Wolock, my Ann Arbor Toastmasters and Friends Club president, over a cup of coffee.  The question took me by surprise, because inherent in the question was the magnitude of the achievement—like asking, “How does it feel to be 50?” Of course, becoming a CC (short […]

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To register, call 734-994-2300 ext. 53203 or visit Ann Arbor Rec and Ed.

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