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Depression Comes Softly

August 8, 2018 By pia

‘m not a person to fall into depression. (Anxiety’s my thing). But I woke up this morning scared, well scared of so much. The personal, the country–it all falls into one basket. I remembered the day the country woke up to an after election when Al Gore should have won (it all hit the fan then–where we too stupid to… View Post

The Power Of Tomorrow

June 9, 2018 By pia

It was once thought that all adults with my disability, who weren’t treated for it as children, attempt death by their own hand, or gun, or…. Eleven years ago, sometime this week, I learned that I have a somewhat invisible disability called nonverbal learning disorder (NLD or NLVD; no idea why there are two different abbreviations). I did what I… View Post

So Why Did You Move: An Adult With NLD

May 9, 2018 By pia

Invariably the question becomes: “Why did you buy a house so quickly?” Real short answers: “It’s complicated.” “The house called my name.” (Not literally. I assume you know that but one never takes anything for granted). “It seemed like a good thing to do.” Real long answer: “I learned about NLD (nonverbal learning disorder) not that long before. Unable to… View Post

Learning To Breath, Again

January 12, 2018 By pia

When I was five I taught myself how to swim. It was a monumental moment in my life. I never questioned why such an unathletic kid could be so good, relaxed and natural in water. I liked to swim underwater. The water would propel me forward as all conscious thought left my mind. I was never the fastest swimmer but… View Post

Cat Calls: Part One

November 29, 2017 By pia

I am a child of the 1950s and 1960s. Sexual harassment was common. Something about me seemed to attract too much attention.  We were ten the first time my best friend was allowed to go to a department store without her mother. I was a city bus veteran who had been going to the movies and stores for a year… View Post

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About Me

I live in the South, not South Florida, a few blocks from the ocean, and two blocks from the main street. It's called Main Street. Amazes me too.

I'm from New York. I mostly lived in the Mid-Upper East Side, and the heart of the Upper West Side. It amazes me when people talk about how scared they were of Times Square in the 1970's and 1980's.

As my mother said: "know the streets, look out and you'll be fine."

What was scary was the invasion of the crack dens into "good buildings in good 'hoods." And the greedy landlords who did everything they could to get good tenants out of buildings.

I'm a Long Island girl, and proud of it now.
Then I hated everything about the suburbs. Yet somehow I lived in a few great Long Island Sound towns after high school.

Go to archives "August 2004" if you want to begin with the first posts.

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