Or, how to save your sanity and enjoy your new home sooner. Packing up a household of belongings and moving it to another location represents one of the most stressful situations we humans may experience. Go ahead and Google it; it’s right up there with death, divorce, and losing or…

Or why I’ve been missing from Medium for awhile — I am hardly in the big leagues at Medium, but I enjoy writing a couple of articles a week and reading a few articles almost daily. The last couple of weeks, however, a couple of the content mills I write for have kept me hopping. Content mills, I realize, don’t…

Watch Out for Gypsies — In 2015, I celebrated my 60th birthday. I’m a sucker for celebrating milestone birthdays, so I decided it was time to take a Mediterranean cruise. I love cruising; I had already experienced cruises to Alaska and New England. And I knew from my previous trips to Italy, Germany, and Prague…

It May Make You Physically and Mentally Healthier — Okay, I get it; you’re a very busy person, and you’ve got bills to pay. When you take some time to relax, you just want to binge Netflix. When you read, you do so to further your career. You hone on the topics and articles that will arm you with…

Part Five- Conclusion — Secrets of the Asian Lady Part Fourmarciagagecontentwriter.medium.com Parts one through three are also embedded in the above link. Misaki It was to be a quiet evening with Albert. His health continued to fail, so tonight I would pick up Chinese on the way to his flat. I would read poetry to him after we ate and be happy…

Part Four — Secrets of the Asian Lady Part Threemarciagagecontentwriter.medium.com Also contains parts one and two Albert Oh, my beautiful Misaki, I know your secret. We live in a world where we keep ourselves hidden, my darling. You are more complex than most, and for that, I love you all the more. Don’t give up my darling. …

Part Three — Secrets of the Asian Lady Part Twomarciagagecontentwriter.medium.com Part one is also embedded in the above link. Misaki-Beautiful Blossom I went out that night just to be alone. I had done my make-up just so, as I always did, but I wore a simple gray silk pantsuit with some silver costume jewelry. I sat at the corner of the bar…

Part Two — Wait! If you missed part one, you can read it here: Secrets of the Asian Lady Part Onemarciagagecontentwriter.medium.com Joshua Like a good Jewish boy, I loved my parents, but I loved my Nana more. Celia and Frank never made me matzah ball soup or took me to a Mets game. They were professional ice skaters and ice dancers and met on tour. …

Part One — Ellie I was only 17 when I met him. He was a manager at a part-time job I picked up as a senior in high school. I lied to my parents and told them I worked for Clear Air Now, a company that sold replacement filters for furnaces. They pictured me…