365.2- go ahead, call me a smurf; but at least I'm a warm smurf!, originally uploaded by shellipsm. Jon, "Eemah's idiot friend" gave me this hat, and as a result, iIve never been so blessed to join the "hat hair club." Because you see, internet, it's been MIGHTY cold in these here parts. And my … Continue reading 365.2- go ahead, call me a smurf; but at least I’m a warm smurf!

365.1, originally uploaded by shellipsm. Last year was slightly interrupted by the arrival of Mister Smoosh himself. I will try. I may not succeed, but at least I'll give it a go! And um, yeah. This week, my hair just isn't getting a break, what with the -5 wind chill factor, and the hat hair … Continue reading 365.1

So much has been going on, and SO little time to blog about it.  I no longer compose blog posts while walking the Smoosh to daycare.  That time of free mental time is long gone.  Between telling Malka to "Stop moving," or "hurry up," or "grab the stroller, baby" as we cross the street, my … Continue reading SO much, and SO little

Back in 1997, I was on a Jury for what would now be known as the "inspiration" for a movie called "the Boiler Room."  I was 27, an unemployed stage manager, and figured it'd be a week of my time, I could crochet and have a grand time. During the Voire Dire, when I told … Continue reading I don’t know why I’m googling this NOW…

And I feel so blessed with the ones I DO have. So when one of them is hurting, I hurt. Back when many of us met, a bajillion years ago, the main cord that held us together was that we were all beginning the journey of the creation of family.  Some of us got there … Continue reading ‘cuz ya gotta have friends

I promise, by the by, to get to your questions!  I also (stupidly) realized that I asked you to ask me JUST before the Jewish High Holy Days.  I'm an aministrator for a synagogue.  Um. Duh.  So sometime mid-October, look for more posting from this side of Manhattan...

SO I know I've been a lame ass blogger lately, and I'm sorry.  I have about 32 drafts of posts, but never enough time to check them for grammatical errors, or flow. So I ask you, what do YOU want to know? What burning questions have all 3 of you been dying to have answered?  … Continue reading If you want it, here it is….

boom!, originally uploaded by shellipsm.