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What unplugging taught me about love

December 5, 2013

For the last three months, I experimented with unplugging from social media. My motivation was very practical. I walked into the down time holding an ambitious to-do list. But unplugging […]

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What is your spirit?

July 16, 2013

Racism in this country has me so bummed right now. Given the latest headlines, I find myself thinking about how horrible some people are. And yet, thankfully, we have among […]

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Five ways to build my brand as the journalARTist™

May 22, 2013

Was that really me the other night? Me, lugging a big drawing pad to a packed lecture hall at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism! I was there for an […]

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Letting go of the kid so that we can both grow up

May 13, 2013

How did this all happen so fast? My daughter Gabi has only a few days left of high school. Then we’re into prom season, summer goodbyes and then…packing my only […]

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My friends remind me of who I really am

March 4, 2013

I need to paint again. Although the feeling’s been there for a long time, it was easy to ignore because I’ve been insanely busy with other priorities. But that was […]

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Go see David Henry Hwang’s “Dance and the Railroad”

February 25, 2013

The other night, I sat in a beautiful, darkened theater on W. 42nd Street, sipping a Rum and Diet Coke while watching a play that first moved me 32 years […]

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5 ways to embrace the Year of the Snake

February 11, 2013

As we slither into the Year of the Snake, I have been dragged against my will into its call for reflection. The most enigmatic creature of the Chinese zodiac is […]

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