March 29, 2015

Misophonia: Does the sound of someone chewing ice drive your insane?

                                                               Illustration: Pamela Kogen


Knuckle-cracking, jaw-clicking, gulping, sniffing, whispering, and for some people, even the sound of someone else's breathing, can fall hard on sensitive ears.

Listen up!  

Here's my new Huffington Post: "Selective Sound Sensitivity: The Rap on Misophonia."

Click here.  I said, "Click here."

March 26, 2015

Which way to go?

                                                                                                                         Parking lot in White Plains, N.Y.


Down and out. It's a sign.



March 18, 2015

Happy Post-St. Patrick's Day


 Poised for the parade on Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick's Day: a celebration for millions, a wedding day for some
Taking marching orders

March 10, 2015

Pound Ridge Authors Society @ Booksy Galore

Pound Ridge Authors Society gathered at #Booksy Galore this afternoon for a ‪#‎BedfordMagazine‬ photo shoot. Stay tuned for the upcoming May/June issue of this award-winning publication and one of the best lifestyle, hometown mags around.  

Here is the front display Booksy put together to honor the 1-year anniversary of Pound Ridge Authors Society:

March 1, 2015

Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II IS Queen Elizabeth II

Last night I saw "The Audience" with Helen Mirren on Broadway. She is Queen Elizabeth. Her performance was impeccable as she portrayed life behind the walls of Buckingham Palace and inner sanctum conversations with the 12 Prime Ministers* with whom she has worked during her 60-year reign. The new Peter Morgan play features a superb cast and the Corgis running on stage were brilliant. A royal curtsy and a deep bow to all.

During intermission, I noticed a young woman in a sleeveless blouse sitting at the end of a row. Her bare arm on a frigid night caught my attention. She was also emblazoned with two intricate, arm-length tattoos of QEII.

"Wait, are those tattoos of Queen Elizabeth?!??" I asked.

The young woman responded, "Yeah. I love the chick. She's so complex."



*Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Harold Wilson, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Sir John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.

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