Today is my dad’s 78th birthday.

Buying presents for him is always hard.  Not because he’s “the man who has everything,” but because he’s “the man who wants nothing normal.” Read the rest of this entry »

40 doesn’t feel old to me like I always thought it would. Except for a few things:

• This year’s bumper crop of gray hairs.
• The cracking joints – occurring during any and all movements, where they used to be limited to things like deep squats. I sound like bubble wrap. My husband calls me “Creaks.”
• The number of “when I was a kid” stories I find myself telling the young people. Read the rest of this entry »

I started 5th grade in 1979. That’s when designer jeans were “all the rage.”  An expression your grandmother would use, but really – they were the rage.

All the sexy girls in my class wore them.

(Yes, to ten year olds, other ten year olds are sexy.) Read the rest of this entry »

What would you think of someone who, for your birthday, gave you a picture of herself?

You’d LOVE it, right? That’s what I thought.

Well, as a belated 40th birthday gift, I’m giving Sesame Street something even better than a photo of me: a video of me. On Sesame Street.

I was in the show open during the early 70s – the dawn of Children’s Television Workshop. That was THE time to be on Sesame Street — when it was gritty and cool, and cookies were an all-the-time treat.

Sesame Street gave me so much, so I wanted to give something to Sesame Street.

OK, I’m not really giving it so much as dedicating it.

And, I’ll admit, it’s more appropriate as a belated 40th birthday gift to myself.  (Sesame Street and I were born 11 days apart. We’re both Scorpios!)

I think I’ll keep the video and get Sesame Street a gift card to J. Crew. Anyone would like that. J. Crew has such great basics.

I’m at the :30 mark. The very serious 2-year-old on the swing.

My big moment on Sesame Street