The dishwasher was broken. The fridge door couldn’t be replaced. The stove hummed, off key. I’d always wanted a fabulous kitchen. And so, the renovation began mid August ...
On December 8, 2016 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzSeeing the Turner exhibit for the second time I began to notice things in his work that I had completely missed the first time around. It made me ...
On February 3, 2016 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzI have lost my reading glasses. They should have been in one of three places. The kitchen table, covered with my notebooks, newspapers, and magazines. The den with ...
On December 29, 2015 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzWinter has never been my favourite time of year. A lot of people in my life are away. The nights are dark and long, and the landscape washed ...
On December 25, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzDuring a conversation this week, my sister coined a phrase that really made me think. She said, “Have it on your resume of life.” I love that. It’s ...
On October 2, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzI was standing in line to pay for my groceries and overheard the woman ahead of me ask the cashier to put some items in a separate bag ...
On September 18, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzThe other day I was flipping through the channels and came upon the movie To Sir with Love, and ended up curled up on the couch watching this ...
On September 5, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzIs the Trivago guy really the new object of affection for middle-aged women? What happened to the Marlboro Man? Has that rugged, sexy, smoking icon has been replaced ...
On August 21, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzI have never really considered myself as beautiful. I knew I was pretty, had a kind of confidence that goes along with that, I like fashion, at least ...
On July 31, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzI was seventeen lying on the grass outside our basement window looking up at the sky and watching the clouds. Led Zeppelin was filtering through the screen from ...
On July 10, 2014 / By Jacqueline Markowitz"Don’t tell me you are passionate.
Show me what it is that makes you breathe.
That force which creates the life, the love,
and the joy you have to share.”
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