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*First I want to wish you a belated Happy Earth Day, which was April 22, 2013. It’s the 43nd observance of the “little day that could” grow into a global movement and have a soaring impact on behaviors and policies that protect our climate, conserve energy, recycle and reduce waste, and create more sustainability in [...]
*We just had a major election in Los Angeles – a mayoral primary election to be exact. Mayor is an important position in City government. It’s the top spot in most cities and Los Angeles is no exception. Our mayor has achieved rock star status and the coup de grâce that catapulted his star was [...]
*Of the all splendor, excitement, opportunity and wonder ascribed to Los Angeles, you’d never think that hate crimes would be associated with the City of Angels. Yet hate has permeated the fabric of the city and resides within its folds. While some might view this distinction as an anomaly or an aberration of sorts, sadly [...]
*It’s days before we fall over the fiscal cliff and days before we cross over the threshold into a new year. While I have every reason to be concerned about the impact it will have on the nation, I won’t let it overshadow my inherent excitement and expectation about the promise of a new year. [...]
*Thirty years before the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut which left 20 children and 6 adults dead, a sniper opened fire on the playground at 49th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles from his two-story home across the street from the school. It was an unfathomable act of violence. It left [...]
*I love this time of year and I love taking a few moments to share a few of my favorite things. This is my ninth annual list. It funny, what started out a shameless emulation of the Divine Ms. O’s list has become an annual offering that is as much a glimpse into my personal [...]
*The memory of last Thanksgiving is still crystal clear. I vividly remember the family gathering, the ridiculous spread of food, the knockout desserts, the annually awaited Twilight Zone Marathon I can’t wait to see and the anxiety about the new year that awaited us and the nation. Yep we talked turkey and politics over the [...]
*Time waits for no one. All in due time. Time heals all wounds. Take time to smell the roses. There’s no time like the present. These time honored and shall I say time worn time worn adages have been uttered – well – time after time. My pointed focus on time is not random. It’s [...]
In many parts of the country, October signals the changing of the season. Daylight Savings Time adjusts our inner clocks. The crispness in the air turns our attention to the end of the year and the impeding holiday season. For women October holds gender specific significance. It’s the time of year that messages about breast [...]
*Republicans quickly scoff when they are accused of waging a war on women. It’s usually the Democrats who hurl the charge, while “pro-choice” Republican sympathizers either remain silent or receive no sympathy for their dissenting views. And they have taken stanch offensive to this charge. But if this party believes it has not waged a [...]
*When Tammi Mac puts out the call, they all come. Well it wasn’t that way in the beginning but at her recent Mac’s Minute Microphone Mixer in Association with Vanessa Bell Calloway there was standing room only at the newly renovated Regency West in Los Angeles, California. Hollywood hopefuls and their hope-filled supporters piled in [...]
*This has been an exciting graduation season. Whether it’s preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school or college, they all evoke a sense of pride, hope and optimism. The pride is breath-taking. The hope is ethereal. Ahhh . . . but the optimism is awe-inspiring, anchored in that hallow moment we believe is a glimpse [...]
*I just observed the one year anniversary of my Dad’s death. It was a solemn observance. I miss him immensely. I think of him every day and my mind often recalls the flurry of events and emotions leading up to his transition. It was a surreal passage in my life. It’s a strange feeling not [...]
*Sixty is the new forty. Fifty is the new thirty. And forty is the new twenty – well at least Jennifer Lopez thinks so. What the heck is wrong with being forty, fifty or sixty – you know your age? Well plenty if you are enmeshed in this youth obsessed culture. I recently saw a [...]
This has been an emotionally stirring week in Los Angeles. We celebrated, and I say that loosely, the 20th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Civil Unrest. Some have called it a riot, others an uprising. It’s more like a solemn commemoration of one of the darkest periods for the City of Angels. Words can’t explain [...]
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