02.04.2012 Community Forward Living: Sweets that get the message across Let’s see. Flowers would be good. Perhaps a few red roses. Or perfume. Lots of women enjoy sweet fragrance. Maybe even a piece of jewelry. Although that could be...
01.29.2012 Community Forward Living: Sounds of silence aren’t always sweet The soothing harmony of Simon and Garfunkel singing “The Sound of Silence” kept me company during the last leg of my drive home. My monkey brain, usually super-charged, uncharacteristically...
01.21.2012 Community Forward Living: The Quiet Car is not for everyone Yes, winter’s quiet on the North Fork and it may become even more so. As you might have heard, the Long Island Rail Road has initiated a Quiet Car...
12.16.2011 Community Forward Living: Seeking Santa’s helper; must like cold climate Heading south. Lots of North Forkers think about that this time of year. Perhaps for a holiday visit with grandchildren in Virginia; a tour of lovely, old and temperate...
11.24.2011 News Forward Living: Learning to live with missing my mom During the last two months, I’ve gone to the phone dozens of times, only to stare at it blankly. Then, the familiar squeeze around my heart region and I...
11.14.2011 News Forward Living: Sometimes, the old way is the better way I like to think of myself as a forward-thinking gal — after all, this column is titled “Forward Living.” But sometimes I yearn for the “olden days.” When I...
10.07.2011 News Forward Living: This ‘trash’ has value beyond measure For everything there is a season. And on the North Fork, the yard sale season is a long one. From early spring until a few weeks from now, when...
10.03.2011 News Forward Living: One event sadly missed, one gladly attended Of course, if you live in Orient, Long Island, it’s not unreasonable to assume that west of the causeway between Orient and the rest of civilization there’s nothing worth...
09.20.2011 Community Forward Living: Sources that feed your reading habit It’s not a happy ending. The last page reveals Borders bookstores nationwide are closing. That, of course, includes the Riverhead store, where, over the years, thousands of North Forkers...
06.13.2011 Community Forward Living: A tranquil break from ‘monkey mind’ While sitting in my doctor’s waiting room, I picked up a magazine and started thumbing through the pages. An article titled “Taming your monkey mind” sparked my interest. However,...