I hate it when one of my favorite weekly TV dramas decides to forgo the “new story each week” format and go in for one of those seemingly endless “story arcs”. It usually involves a particularly sinister person or group… Read More ›
Ellin Curley
MOZART IN MY LIVING ROOM – ELLIN CURLEY
My husband and I just finished binge watching the second season of “Mozart In the Jungle” on Amazon Prime. It’s about the people in a New York City orchestra – the musicians, conductors, Board of the Orchestra which has to finance… Read More ›
FOOD NETWORK ADDICTION – ELLIN CURLEY
I love Food Network. Not the informative, “how to” shows. I only watch cooking competitions, like Masterchef, Top Chef, Food Network Star, The Taste, Food Truck Race, Chopped, Worst Cook in America, Cupcake Wars, Cake Wars, etc. I think my… Read More ›
THE ANXIOUS TRAVELER
My husband and I take a lot of short trips on our boat throughout the summer. I love the trips, but I’m not a “good” traveler. Despite having traveled a lot in my life, going away for two nights still… Read More ›
MY FAMILY COOKBOOK – ELLIN CURLEY
I have a home-made family cookbook that spans three generations and two continents. It is as much a family album as it is a cookbook. It contains recipes from my teens through today. It contains recipes from many people, including my grandmother,… Read More ›
IN DEFENCE OF LAWYERS – ELLIN CURLEY
Being a lawyer used to be a source of pride But years of cruel jokes have made us want to hide. We feel we have to go to a shrink, or confession Cause we’re in what was once a respected… Read More ›
AN ADHD SUCCESS STORY – A GUEST POST FROM DAVID KAISER
Hello everyone! I am the 35 year-old “success story,” David, that my mother Ellin wrote about in this blog entry. I put success story in quotes because, like all of us, I am still a work in progress. Frankly, have… Read More ›
TRANSPLANT THERAPY – ELLIN CURLEY
How Donating a Kidney to My Son Brought the Family Together For decades we’ve been trying to find out whether There’s a sure-fire way to bring families together; To get them to give love, compassion, and support And shun negativity… Read More ›
WORMHOLES, SOCKS, AND TUPPERWARE – ELLIN CURLEY
Who doesn’t wonder where the other sock from the pair went when it disappeared from the dryer? Don’t you wonder where they’ve gone? It seems to me that with every load of laundry, a pair of socks goes in, but only… Read More ›
LIVING WITH ADHD … BEFORE IT WAS FASHIONABLE – ELLIN CURLEY
My son had ADD and ADHD in the 80’s before the diagnosis came into fashion. He was going to an expensive private elementary school in New York City. He was bouncing off the walls and “disrupting” his class. He spent… Read More ›
CRAZY DOG LOVER – ELLIN CURLEY
OVER THE TOP DOG LOVER I pride myself in being able to compose Humorous verse (and sometimes comedic prose) About any topic, esoteric or mundane, Serious, frivolous, intellectual, inane. However, I’ve found my literary Waterloo – The one subject, though… Read More ›
BEING JEWISH AT CHRISTMAS – ELLIN CURLEY
Being Jewish during the Christmas season is like being a kid with your nose pressed up against the window of a candy store while all the other kids are inside eating candy. No matter how hard Jewish parents try to jazz… Read More ›
A NEW VOICE FOR SERENDIPITY! INTRODUCING ELLIN CURLEY
I was delighted when Ellin offered to write some pieces for Serendipity. Good friend, passionate animal advocate, gourmet cook … a women who has done a lot of living and has made the best lemonade out of life’s lemons. CHANGING… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 