Footwear designers are working overtime to develop shoes that meet women’s demands for stylish comfort.(Stylish seems like an outmoded word these days, doesn’t it, since we’re veering into a time where everyone is true to their own essence, and no single fashionable “look” predominates.) These new summer sandles from Aravon strike me as a good…

Aren’t you guys the best for energetically helping me select what to serve to our bar mitzvah guests? The pro-Coke and pro-Diet Coke people seem to have a slight edge. Or more accurately, the folks in favor of beverage “choice” are winning. But there was loads of disagreement on how health-fixated the party should be.…

Here’s an album I wish I told you about earlier: “Mama’s Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs About Mother.” It’s old, but timely since Mother’s Day is Sunday. Go to this Amazon.com link and click on the words “Play All” if you like Bluegrass. If you’re into Rhythm & Blues, let’s hope XM Satellite Radio reissues…

“All true trophies of the agesAre from mother-love impearled;For the hand that rocks the cradleIs the hand that rules the world.” –William Ross Wallace “An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.” –old Spanish proverb “A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.” –Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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