The synagogue was filling up. After what felt like an eternity, the day had arrived. The planning that you ignored and the people who you knew but did not know each other were being ushered into the main sanctuary. Your brother, who you mistakenly asked to be your Best Man, opened the back door allowing […]
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It’s getting darker. The lights are dim, and I am straining to see. But it’s there. I’m not driving, and I am not in a drug-induced hallucination. I am however wrestling consciously and subconsciously with two thoughts so opposite I cannot comprehend what’s going on. One is a nightmare. It’s recurring. It won’t leave. It
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It’s dark. It’s late. No, it’s early. I’m sitting on the enclosed terrace. Staring at the moon’s reflection off the ocean. No sounds. At this moment, the universe comprises water, sky, stars, and me. Why am I awake at this hour? I refer you to my blog post, 3 AM. I have no answers why
“Steve Kaye. Can I help you?” “You free for lunch?” “Oh, gee. Let me check my calendar. I think I can move some things.” “Okay. I’ll see you there at noon.” Click. I hung up the phone, looked at my watch, and exhaled. “Eight-forty-five. Okay, I can walk out of here, see three accounts, grab
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*Mrs. Lesser, my eleventh grade English and Journalism teacher who also made me editor of the school newspaper, would be shaking her head in disbelief if she were to be reading this blog. “An asterisk belongs at the bottom of your paper,” she explained. But then again, she never wrote a blog or texted or
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I’m going out on a limb here but I will say most of us marry with the best of intentions: kids, a dog, a happy, healthy home — and when the kids are older, growing old together. Years ago, I thought of myself as someone who would probably never get married. I thought I was
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I read an article in Time Magazine. It talked about a Broadway show called “Sea Wall/A Life.” The writing in these separate monologues — played together on a double bill at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre — with solo performances by Tom Sturridge (“Sea Wall”) and Jake Gyllenhaal (“A Life”)had a common theme, death. It said, “Meet Alex, a photographer on
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Love is a beautiful thing except when it isn’t. Most people, when they realize a relationship isn’t working, go through a period of mourning and move on. Then there are the torch carriers—people who pine long past the point of good sense. People who can’t let go, even though they walked away. I know about them. I’ve
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I love technology. I really do. I mean who doesn’t? When I was a kid, I was excited when I received a tape recorder for my tenth birthday. I had a 13-inch Sony Trinitron, complete with rabbit ears and six channels, that is unless you include channel 13, but I wasn’t much for Sesame Street
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In 1978 I was a junior in high school. My brother was 23, had moved back home from college in Washington D.C., and had recently entered the New York City workforce. My sister was a junior in college and had transferred to CW Post from the University of Hartford where she had two years earlier
“Because it’s your sister, that’s why.” Read More »