{"id":1422,"date":"2022-04-19T15:27:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T15:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/?page_id=1422"},"modified":"2024-02-06T22:54:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T22:54:45","slug":"essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/essays\/","title":{"rendered":"Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; gap=&#8221;35&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652120967608{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;background: #836373 url(https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page-title-section.jpg?id=1451) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648634843564{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px 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meta-info-off bullets-small-dot-stroke reposition-arrows arrows-bg-on disable-arrows-hover-bg arrows-hover-bg-on  light-shadow\" data-scroll-mode=\"1\" data-col-num=\"1\" data-wide-col-num=\"1\" data-laptop-col=\"1\" data-h-tablet-columns-num=\"1\" data-v-tablet-columns-num=\"1\" data-phone-columns-num=\"1\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-col-gap=\"30\" data-stage-padding=\"0\" data-speed=\"600\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-autoplay_speed=\"6000\" data-arrows=\"true\" data-bullet=\"false\" data-next-icon=\"icon-ar-017-r\" data-prev-icon=\"icon-ar-017-l\"><article class=\"post no-img post-1767 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays category-1\" data-name=\"Review of &#8220;When Rabbis Abuse&#8221; by Elana Sztokman\" data-date=\"2022-06-15T18:51:08+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/review-of-when-rabbis-abuse-by-elana-sztokman\/\" title=\"Review of &#8220;When Rabbis Abuse&#8221; by Elana Sztokman\" rel=\"bookmark\">Review of &#8220;When Rabbis Abuse&#8221; by Elana Sztokman<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>This book is brilliant, chilling and necessary. Dr. Sztokman does a comprehensive and insightful job exploring sexual abuse among rabbis and other high-profile Jewish professionals and donors. As a survivor of abuse at the hands of a congregational rabbi in a Reform setting, I found some of the book especially painful and resonant &#8212; for&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/review-of-when-rabbis-abuse-by-elana-sztokman\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Review of &#8220;When Rabbis Abuse&#8221; by Elana Sztokman\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-400 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-difficult-mother tag-jewish-mourning tag-mother-daughter-relationship tag-mothers-death tag-mourning category-1\" data-name=\"Mourning Twice\" data-date=\"2011-09-08T08:51:13+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/mourning-twice\/\" title=\"Mourning Twice\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mourning Twice<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cWell then,\u201d Rabbi Straus counseled, \u201cyou\u2019ll need to give yourself permission to mourn twice.\u201d The rabbi was new to our congregation, and I hadn\u2019t met him yet; we were talking by phone.\u00a0 \u201cMourn twice?\u201d \u201cOnce for the mother you had, and once for the mother you didn\u2019t have.\u201d I\u2019d just told Rabbi Straus that my&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/mourning-twice\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mourning Twice\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-387 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-fidgeting tag-isometric-exercise tag-physical-fitness tag-surgery tag-writing-process-humor category-1\" data-name=\"How to Stay Trim\" data-date=\"2011-06-01T19:17:01+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/how-to-stay-trim\/\" title=\"How to Stay Trim\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Stay Trim<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A recent article in the New York Times, \u201cFidgeting Your Way to Fitness\u201d (May 11, 2011), suggests that \u201cincidental\u201d physical activity, such as drumming your fingers against your desk top in frustration, can burn calories and help maintain or augment your physical fitness. This is great news to those of us whose primary form of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/how-to-stay-trim\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Stay Trim\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-379 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-avoiding-tasks tag-family tag-household-organizing tag-sisters tag-spring-cleaning category-1\" data-name=\"Vacation From Chaos\" data-date=\"2011-03-31T19:50:50+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/vacation-from-chaos\/\" title=\"Vacation From Chaos\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vacation From Chaos<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Late one recent afternoon, spinning my wheels on all kinds of tasks that needed my attention, I called my sister Erica. \u00a0\u201cHey Eri, wanna go get a drink, or a cup of coffee?\u201d \u201cWell\u2014um, I\u2019m kind of cleaning up my apartment, and\u2014\u201d her voice was tiny.\u00a0 \u201cI could use a hand.\u201d She was asking?\u00a0 Forget&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/vacation-from-chaos\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Vacation From Chaos\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-369 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-berkeley tag-humor tag-impacted-vowel-syndrome tag-parking-ticket tag-verbal-impulse-control category-1\" data-name=\"The Perils of Verbal Restraint\" data-date=\"2011-02-09T16:30:10+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/the-perils-of-verbal-restraint\/\" title=\"The Perils of Verbal Restraint\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Perils of Verbal Restraint<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cThink before you speak\u201d\u2014could there be a clearer path to a wholesome life? But clinical tests now show that verbal restraint can lead to significant health problems.\u00a0 Indeed, unspoken zingers and lost chances to tell someone where to go were recently identified as primary causes of word deposits in the body.\u00a0 Researchers believe these fatty&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/the-perils-of-verbal-restraint\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Perils of Verbal Restraint\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-360 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays category-1\" data-name=\"Sporty, or Impaired?\" data-date=\"2011-01-12T16:42:21+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/sporty-or-impaired\/\" title=\"Sporty, or Impaired?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sporty, or Impaired?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>You know those fancy aluminum walking sticks that look like ski poles?\u00a0 Okay, fine, like orthopedic canes?\u00a0 Well, I went out and bought myself a pair. My artificial hip makes it difficult for me to get enough weight-bearing exercise, and when I saw a few people using sticks around town, I realized this could be&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/sporty-or-impaired\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sporty, or Impaired?\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-335 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-circumcision tag-new-york-times tag-the-measure-of-his-grief category-1\" data-name=\"All the News That&#8217;s Fit to Print\" data-date=\"2010-12-15T17:16:52+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print\/\" title=\"All the News That&#8217;s Fit to Print\" rel=\"bookmark\">All the News That&#8217;s Fit to Print<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It was late afternoon when my publicist, Nina, called, and I was scrambling to get ready for a party I was hosting that evening. \u00a0I was thinking flatware, not book promotion.\u00a0 Plus, I\u2019ve barely gotten used to the idea that I have a publicist. \u201cSo this reporter from the New York Times just phoned,\u201d Nina&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about All the News That&#8217;s Fit to Print\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-319 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-electronic-media tag-electronic-text tag-iphone tag-ipoem tag-john-tierney tag-narrative-magazine tag-nicholas-carr tag-reading tag-reading-comprehension tag-screen-technologies category-1\" data-name=\"The Right Way to Read\" data-date=\"2010-07-07T16:26:27+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-the-right-way-to-read\/\" title=\"The Right Way to Read\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Right Way to Read<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>According to a recent S. F. Chronicle article by journalist Nicholas Carr (6\/20\/10), electronic media are eroding our ability to comprehend the written word.\u00a0 Unlike printed material, text on a screen must compete with all the other visual stimuli that pop up on our computers.\u00a0 Because of this, Carr argues, screen technologies are removing us&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-the-right-way-to-read\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Right Way to Read\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1446 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-amends tag-apologies tag-over-apologizing tag-sorry category-1\" data-name=\"How to Be Sorry\" data-date=\"2010-06-30T14:46:13+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/how-to-be-sorry\/\" title=\"How to Be Sorry\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Be Sorry<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>First: walk around with a sense of constitutional wrongness that makes you feel compelled to apologize all the time.\u00a0 Be baffled that people tell you to quit saying you\u2019re sorry.\u00a0 Like prayer, like worry beads: what harm is it doing? When others talk about how difficult it is to admit to being wrong, think to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/how-to-be-sorry\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Be Sorry\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-297 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-family tag-father-daughter-relationship tag-fathers-day category-1\" data-name=\"Nothing Personal:  Some Thoughts on Father&#8217;s Day\" data-date=\"2010-06-16T18:10:31+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/nothing-personal-some-thoughts-on-fathers-day\/\" title=\"Nothing Personal:  Some Thoughts on Father&#8217;s Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nothing Personal:  Some Thoughts on Father&#8217;s Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>My father was an eccentric who loved discussing topics that no one else seemed to know about.\u00a0 Not a classroom learner, he dabbled at college but didn\u2019t finish, apparently conceiving a philosophy out of it: academic achievement was the sign of a small mind. The trouble was, I liked academic achievement. As a child, I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/nothing-personal-some-thoughts-on-fathers-day\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Nothing Personal:  Some Thoughts on Father&#8217;s Day\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-287 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-bpa tag-canned-foods tag-dropped-cell-phone-calls tag-photocopy-machines tag-stanley-fish tag-sunscreen category-1\" data-name=\"This Week Alone\" data-date=\"2010-06-09T15:54:43+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/this-week-alone\/\" title=\"This Week Alone\" rel=\"bookmark\">This Week Alone<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cAt the beginning of the new year, I resolved to leave off writing \u2018old grouch\u2019 columns, columns that chronicle my inability to negotiate modern life.\u00a0 But resolutions rarely stand in the face of provocation, and so here I go again.\u201d \u2013 Stanley Fish, New York Times, 1\/11\/10 Oil continues to gush into the Gulf of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/this-week-alone\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about This Week Alone\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-276 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-baby-steps tag-moderation category-1\" data-name=\"What&#8217;s the Small Idea?\" data-date=\"2010-06-02T18:48:41+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/whats-the-small-idea\/\" title=\"What&#8217;s the Small Idea?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What&#8217;s the Small Idea?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Years ago, a friend of mine was in a very tough job.\u00a0 Underpaid and overburdened, she wasn\u2019t sleeping enough.\u00a0 She was losing weight.\u00a0 Yet she continued to live and breathe work, pushing herself as if her internal resources were limitless. \u201cI can\u2019t do this anymore,\u201d she told me finally.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m gonna quit.\u201d \u201cQuit?\u201d\u00a0 I peered&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/whats-the-small-idea\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about What&#8217;s the Small Idea?\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-269 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-humor category-1\" data-name=\"Wince-Worthy Wordage\" data-date=\"2010-05-19T16:44:40+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/wince-worthy-wordage\/\" title=\"Wince-Worthy Wordage\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wince-Worthy Wordage<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Each year, 4.2 million people in this country are diagnosed with word allergies.\u00a0 Or maybe it\u2019s eight hundred people.\u00a0 In either case, at an estimated annual cost of $1.6 billion in lost productivity, or maybe $67.50, this little-understood condition calls for increased awareness. Known as WA, word allergies mostly afflict writers and musical people.\u00a0 But&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/wince-worthy-wordage\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wince-Worthy Wordage\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-261 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-artificial-hip tag-health tag-hip-arthroplasty tag-hip-replacement tag-magic-carpet category-1\" data-name=\"Be as Smart as a Dog\" data-date=\"2010-05-12T16:31:52+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/be-as-smart-as-a-dog\/\" title=\"Be as Smart as a Dog\" rel=\"bookmark\">Be as Smart as a Dog<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I need a magic carpet.\u00a0 A small one, tasteful and well-made\u2014maybe an authentic Tabriz from northwest Persia.\u00a0 Something I can roll up and put under my arm like a yoga mat once I\u2019ve arrived at my destination.\u00a0 Better yet, it should disappear with a snap of my fingers, and reappear with another snap when I\u2019m&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/be-as-smart-as-a-dog\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Be as Smart as a Dog\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-251 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-family tag-mother-daughter tag-mothers-day category-1\" data-name=\"Some Thoughts on Mother&#8217;s Day\" data-date=\"2010-05-05T15:49:05+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/some-thoughts-on-mothers-day\/\" title=\"Some Thoughts on Mother&#8217;s Day\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some Thoughts on Mother&#8217;s Day<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When I was young, I gravitated toward friends who had struggles with their mothers.\u00a0 I felt overwhelmed by my difficulties with my mom, and needed orientation from others with similar experiences. Over the years, I\u2019ve been startled to see many friends gradually resolving their conflicts and coming to appreciate their moms\u2014most of whom turned out&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/some-thoughts-on-mothers-day\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Some Thoughts on Mother&#8217;s Day\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-240 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-animals tag-humor category-1\" data-name=\"Must Love Springsteen\" data-date=\"2010-04-28T15:43:56+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/must-love-springsteen\/\" title=\"Must Love Springsteen\" rel=\"bookmark\">Must Love Springsteen<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In memory of Florence Stern, 1916-2010 I\u2019ve never been a dog person.\u00a0 No soft spot for slobbery panting beasts over here.\u00a0 No sense of humor about being barked at, sniffed at, or jumped by an animal nearly my size.\u00a0 And as for those teeny tiny dogs\u2014well, I guess I fail to grasp the appeal of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/must-love-springsteen\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Must Love Springsteen\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-234 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-television category-1\" data-name=\"Crimes Against Eyeballs\" data-date=\"2010-04-21T16:04:10+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/crimes-against-eyeballs\/\" title=\"Crimes Against Eyeballs\" rel=\"bookmark\">Crimes Against Eyeballs<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A recent article in the Piedmont Post sang the praises of TV.\u00a0 You know, social change, cultural idiom, blah blah blah. Well, what that piece neglected to mention is how hard TV can be on the eyes. \u00a0And not in the way that reading without adequate light is hard on the eyes. Cosmetic Surgery. The&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/crimes-against-eyeballs\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Crimes Against Eyeballs\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-227 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays category-1\" data-name=\"Decades of Friendship\" data-date=\"2010-04-14T16:17:24+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/decades-of-friendship\/\" title=\"Decades of Friendship\" rel=\"bookmark\">Decades of Friendship<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Last weekend, my cell rang.\u00a0 It was my friend Michele, back here for a visit from the East Coast.\u00a0 \u201cI can\u2019t talk long,\u201d I explained.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m over at Amy\u2019s for dinner.\u201d \u201cOh!\u00a0 Say hi for me.\u201d Standing in Amy\u2019s kitchen in Berkeley, I realized this was a conversation Michele and I could have had more&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/decades-of-friendship\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Decades of Friendship\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-219 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays category-1\" data-name=\"My Geographical Cluelessness\" data-date=\"2010-03-31T16:05:27+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-geographical-cluelessness-my-own\/\" title=\"My Geographical Cluelessness\" rel=\"bookmark\">My Geographical Cluelessness<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>When we talk about \u201cdistortion\u201d in relation to the world map, we generally mean the Mercator projection.\u00a0 You know, that method of reconciling two-dimensional representation with three-dimensional reality by stretching things out more and more toward the north and south poles. But for me, map distortion is a more personal matter. Maybe I missed the&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-geographical-cluelessness-my-own\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about My Geographical Cluelessness\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-214 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays category-1\" data-name=\"People Don&#8217;t Cause Earthquakes\" data-date=\"2010-03-24T17:19:55+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/people-dont-cause-earthquakes\/\" title=\"People Don&#8217;t Cause Earthquakes\" rel=\"bookmark\">People Don&#8217;t Cause Earthquakes<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Recently, my 87-year-old mother became belligerent with one of her caregivers.\u00a0 It seems the caregiver tried to talk Mom out of visiting her mother, who\u2019s been dead since 1982. Swear words were hurled; medications administered. We\u2019ve come a long way since the time two years ago when my mother literally tried to hit and bite&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/people-dont-cause-earthquakes\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about People Don&#8217;t Cause Earthquakes\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-209 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-in-defense-of-tv tag-television category-1\" data-name=\"In Defense of TV\" data-date=\"2010-03-17T17:41:47+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/in-defense-of-tv\/\" title=\"In Defense of TV\" rel=\"bookmark\">In Defense of TV<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m not one of those literary types with a \u201cKill Your Television\u201d bumper sticker on my Volvo station wagon.\u00a0 I don\u2019t own a Volvo, I\u2019ve never quite identified as a literary type, and I happen to like TV. There are juicy dramas like Mad Men whose writing is better than most current movie screenplays.\u00a0 There&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/in-defense-of-tv\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about In Defense of TV\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-202 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-bizet-larlesienne tag-music-recognition category-1\" data-name=\"&#8220;That song!  That song!&#8221;\" data-date=\"2010-03-10T18:19:33+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/that-song-that-song\/\" title=\"&#8220;That song!  That song!&#8221;\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8220;That song!  That song!&#8221;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cHey, you know that piece,\u201d\u2014[singing]\u2014\u201cwhat is it?\u201d my friend asked. \u201cHmm.\u00a0 Schubert, I think.\u201d She sang some more, and I knew I was toast.\u00a0 The melody would haunt me until I found out for sure what it was and who wrote it. So much of the information we want is available online and from books:\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/that-song-that-song\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about &#8220;That song!  That song!&#8221;\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-156 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-human-rights-organizations tag-human-rights-watch-and-israel tag-israel category-1\" data-name=\"Lopsided Haircuts\" data-date=\"2010-03-03T17:08:56+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-lopsided-haircuts\/\" title=\"Lopsided Haircuts\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lopsided Haircuts<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A funny thing happened recently while I was giving my dog a haircut.\u00a0 I had planted myself next to him, trimming as much as possible before he could object.\u00a0 Suddenly I realized I was getting overly zealous on his left hind leg. Mind you, his hair wasn\u2019t extra-long there.\u00a0 It was simply that the left&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-lopsided-haircuts\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lopsided Haircuts\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-142 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-writing-process category-1\" data-name=\"It Takes a Week\" data-date=\"2010-02-17T21:23:36+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/it-takes-a-week\/\" title=\"It Takes a Week\" rel=\"bookmark\">It Takes a Week<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>How is it that it took me the better part of a week to enter an online novel writing contest? You have to understand that the manuscript is ready to go; I didn\u2019t have to complete, revise or polish it in order to submit it.\u00a0 I\u2019d already honed my synopsis, pitch and bio.\u00a0 And I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/it-takes-a-week\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about It Takes a Week\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-137 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-pavlov-humor category-1\" data-name=\"How to Set Your Watch\" data-date=\"2010-02-03T20:25:30+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/how-to-set-your-watch\/\" title=\"How to Set Your Watch\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Set Your Watch<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>You start poking around to make dinner. You go to the fridge and pull out some fresh produce. At the sound of the vegetable drawer opening, your dog trots over and starts barking, reasoning that if it\u2019s late afternoon and stuff is being taken out, a raw carrot, his favorite treat, cannot be far behind.&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/how-to-set-your-watch\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Set Your Watch\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-131 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-berkeley-in-the-60s tag-classical-music tag-father-daughter-relationship tag-lp-records category-1\" data-name=\"How to Amass a Record Collection\" data-date=\"2010-01-27T15:55:54+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/how-to-amass-a-record-collection\/\" title=\"How to Amass a Record Collection\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Amass a Record Collection<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Start with a father whose retail LP record shop sits at the corner of Bancroft and Telegraph in Berkeley, just opposite the Cal campus, during what&#8217;s generally called &#8220;the turbulent 1960s.&#8221; This father of yours has a violent temper and an abiding skepticism of institutions of higher learning.\u00a0 Mostly, though, he\u2019s known as that short,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/how-to-amass-a-record-collection\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Amass a Record Collection\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-121 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-cultural-literacy tag-generation-gap-humor tag-pay-phone category-1\" data-name=\"Phone &#8220;Disconnect&#8221; &#8212; the Perfect Metaphor\" data-date=\"2010-01-20T17:52:00+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/phone-disconnect-the-perfect-metaphor\/\" title=\"Phone &#8220;Disconnect&#8221; &#8212; the Perfect Metaphor\" rel=\"bookmark\">Phone &#8220;Disconnect&#8221; &#8212; the Perfect Metaphor<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>how do I use a payphone &#8211; can I just put a quarter in and achieve a dialtone Such was the Instant Message I got from my college junior one recent evening on my laptop.\u00a0 I won\u2019t dwell on how close I was to typing back, all in caps, \u201cWhat!?\u00a0 You don\u2019t know how to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/phone-disconnect-the-perfect-metaphor\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Phone &#8220;Disconnect&#8221; &#8212; the Perfect Metaphor\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-99 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-family-bond tag-four-sisters tag-sisterhood category-1\" data-name=\"Finally, a Finished Collage\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T11:49:09+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/yes-i-am-finally-a-finished-collage\/\" title=\"Finally, a Finished Collage\" rel=\"bookmark\">Finally, a Finished Collage<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It all started when my sister Deborah gave me a birthday card of four older women in swimsuits holding hands with each other and wading out into the ocean, their backs to the camera.\u00a0 \u201cLike the four of us!\u201d she pointed out, as if an explanation were necessary. \u201cYeah, let\u2019s hope when the Braver sisters&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/yes-i-am-finally-a-finished-collage\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Finally, a Finished Collage\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-95 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-false-positive tag-mammography tag-worrying category-1\" data-name=\"Imposed Worry\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T11:40:52+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-imposed-worry\/\" title=\"Imposed Worry\" rel=\"bookmark\">Imposed Worry<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cI have never believed that everything happens for a reason.\u00a0 But I do feel very strongly that everything happens so that it can be turned into a column.\u201d\u2014Gail Collins, \u201cThe Breast Brouhaha,\u201d November 18, 2009, New York Times Am I a worrier? It hardly seems worth asking; my pedigree is impeccable.\u00a0 My forebears worried about&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-imposed-worry\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Imposed Worry\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-92 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-sleep-deprivation-and-depression tag-teen-parenting-humor tag-teenagers-inadequate-sleep category-1\" data-name=\"Losing Sleep Over It\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T11:35:56+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/losing-sleep-over-it\/\" title=\"Losing Sleep Over It\" rel=\"bookmark\">Losing Sleep Over It<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>A recent front-page article in the S.F. Chronicle explained a crucial connection between inadequate sleep and depression among teens.\u00a0 Rather than merely being a hallmark of depression, as was previously thought, sleep deprivation may actually be one cause of the condition. I must have needed some comic relief after taking in the body of this&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/losing-sleep-over-it\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Losing Sleep Over It\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-87 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-woody-allen-type category-1\" data-name=\"A Better Woody Allen\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T11:32:09+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/but-sometimes-i-am-a-better-woody-allen\/\" title=\"A Better Woody Allen\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Better Woody Allen<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>One afternoon, my son Reuben climbed into the car after a day at the Crowden School in Berkeley, where he was an eighth-grader. \u201cMom, guess what?\u00a0 I got the lead part in the play!\u201d \u201cWow, good for you!\u00a0 What play?\u201d\u00a0 I headed south on Sacramento Street, actually kind of proud of myself for not knowing&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/but-sometimes-i-am-a-better-woody-allen\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Better Woody Allen\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-84 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-cleaning-out-closets tag-giving-things-away tag-keeping-things tag-recycling-possessions category-1\" data-name=\"Soccer Trophies Are Easy\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T11:26:09+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/soccer-trophies-are-easy\/\" title=\"Soccer Trophies Are Easy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soccer Trophies Are Easy<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019m better than I once was at letting go of stuff.\u00a0 Between flea markets, second-hand shops and online resources, the world has become one big carousel of buying and selling, acquiring and giving, making me feel I can essentially get something back if I want to. Not that I want to. I\u2019ve had avalanches to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/soccer-trophies-are-easy\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Soccer Trophies Are Easy\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-81 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-elderly-capable-of-change tag-piano-practice-elderly category-1\" data-name=\"Ninety-One and Still Practicing\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T11:21:15+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/but-sometimes-i-am-91-and-still-practicing\/\" title=\"Ninety-One and Still Practicing\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ninety-One and Still Practicing<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>October 29th\u2014 Today is the 91st birthday of a dear friend of mine, Bereni Karasik, with whom I studied piano as a teenager, and who knew my parents before I was born. I\u2019ve always felt a strong connection to this magnificent woman, with her keen intelligence and regal old-world bearing.\u00a0 I\u2019ve kept in touch over&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/but-sometimes-i-am-91-and-still-practicing\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ninety-One and Still Practicing\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-76 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-emotional-silver-spoon tag-lasting-effects-of-childhood-abuse tag-toxic-parents category-1\" data-name=\"A Different Silver Spoon\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T11:14:31+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/a-different-silver-spoon\/\" title=\"A Different Silver Spoon\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Different Silver Spoon<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>An October 19th New York Times essay entitled \u201cWhen Parents Are Too Toxic to Tolerate\u201d addresses the issue of adults dealing with parents who aren\u2019t merely demanding or neurotic, but truly emotionally abusive.\u00a0 Sometimes, contends author Dr. Richard A. Friedman, the solution is to cease contact. I\u2019m always grateful for articles that question our society\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/a-different-silver-spoon\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Different Silver Spoon\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-70 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-top-five-underrated-things category-1\" data-name=\"Five Underrated Things\" data-date=\"2009-12-31T10:58:21+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/but-sometimes-i-am-five-underrated-things\/\" title=\"Five Underrated Things\" rel=\"bookmark\">Five Underrated Things<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>I don&#8217;t want to be known only as that cranky person who spends her writing life finding fault.\u00a0 So here are a few things I think we don&#8217;t celebrate enough. The autumn.\u00a0\u00a0 Truly underrated; the best time of year by far.\u00a0 There&#8217;s something about the angle of the sun that makes the ordinary look magical.\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/but-sometimes-i-am-five-underrated-things\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Five Underrated Things\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-66 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-car-dashboard-usability tag-cell-phones-for-elderly tag-ergonomic-thermometer tag-lightweight-cookware tag-medicine-dosing category-1\" data-name=\"Untapped Markets\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T23:04:02+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/untapped-markets\/\" title=\"Untapped Markets\" rel=\"bookmark\">Untapped Markets<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>In a parallel universe, times are tough, and retail sales are down.\u00a0 So manufacturers have come up with some innovative, elegant products that simplify and improve life.\u00a0 In an exclusive with the Post, we bring you just a few examples of what\u2019s available in this alternative reality. A thermometer that stays under the tongue. As&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/untapped-markets\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Untapped Markets\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-63 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-computer-laptop-repair-humor category-1\" data-name=\"On Appliances and Alienation\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T22:59:47+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/on-appliances-and-alienation\/\" title=\"On Appliances and Alienation\" rel=\"bookmark\">On Appliances and Alienation<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>There was a small misunderstanding a few weeks ago between me and my laptop.\u00a0 Part of it, I admit, was my fault.\u00a0 I somehow misread the message \u201cAOL 9.5 Connected, Signed-On\u201d as \u201cPlease spill hot Darjeeling all over the keyboard.\u201d Anyway, my computer got into a snit, one thing led to another, and then it&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/on-appliances-and-alienation\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about On Appliances and Alienation\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-60 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-migraine-humor category-1\" data-name=\"Migraines Aren&#8217;t All Roses\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T22:56:24+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/migraines-arent-all-roses\/\" title=\"Migraines Aren&#8217;t All Roses\" rel=\"bookmark\">Migraines Aren&#8217;t All Roses<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>There are the \u201chaves\u201d and the \u201chave nots\u201d in this world, and since I have migraines, I am inevitably going to inspire jealousy in some, however discreet and gracious I am about my elite status.\u00a0 Look, I understand; everyone wants in.\u00a0 It\u2019s human nature. Friends who are not members of this exclusive club try to&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/migraines-arent-all-roses\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Migraines Aren&#8217;t All Roses\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-51 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-compulsive-gambling-parkinsons-treatment tag-inderal-stage-fright tag-mind-body-connection category-1\" data-name=\"It&#8217;s Not All Psychological\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T22:50:05+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-its-all-psychological\/\" title=\"It&#8217;s Not All Psychological\" rel=\"bookmark\">It&#8217;s Not All Psychological<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Eleven years ago, I hesitated when given the option of accompanying my son Reuben at the piano for his first violin performance.\u00a0 My part would be fairly simple, but I was rusty on the keys; additionally, I\u2019d always struggled with stage fright.\u00a0 But walking away from such a joyous opportunity didn\u2019t feel right, either.\u00a0 I&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-its-all-psychological\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s Not All Psychological\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-48 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-hands-free-its-the-law tag-pro-choice-slogan tag-teach-tolerance-slogan tag-viewer-discretion-advised tag-addiction-obsessive-compulsive-disorder category-1\" data-name=\"Odd Catch Phrases\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T22:48:31+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-odd-catch-phrases\/\" title=\"Odd Catch Phrases\" rel=\"bookmark\">Odd Catch Phrases<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Keep it simple.\u00a0 Let it begin with me.\u00a0\u00a0 Progress, not perfection.\u00a0 Love, learn and grow.\u00a0 Now these are mottoes that make for a better life. But not every catch phrase inspires.\u00a0 Some make me wince, others crack me up, and lots leave me scratching my head. Teach Tolerance.\u00a0 So gays and members of other minority&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-odd-catch-phrases\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Odd Catch Phrases\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-44 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-dog-humor category-1\" data-name=\"In Choosing a Dog, Steer Clear of Icky\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T22:42:00+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/in-choosing-a-dog-steer-clear-of-icky\/\" title=\"In Choosing a Dog, Steer Clear of Icky\" rel=\"bookmark\">In Choosing a Dog, Steer Clear of Icky<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>For many of us, finding the ideal dog is a complicated undertaking.\u00a0 How active?\u00a0 Good with children?\u00a0 Good watch dog?\u00a0 Professionally bred, or rescued from a shelter? But there are other, less tangible aspects of the selection process that, while equally important, are rarely discussed.\u00a0 Here are some tips that will enable you to make&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/in-choosing-a-dog-steer-clear-of-icky\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about In Choosing a Dog, Steer Clear of Icky\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-8 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-drug-store-humor tag-pharmacy-humor category-1\" data-name=\"Drug Store Annoyances\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T22:29:46+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-the-drug-store\/\" title=\"Drug Store Annoyances\" rel=\"bookmark\">Drug Store Annoyances<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>By phone, drug stores are amazing.\u00a0 You can ask to talk to a pharmacist at nearly any hour and get quick, accurate information without going through a doctor\u2014even if you didn\u2019t purchase your prescription there. But trekking to the pharmacy in person?\u00a0 Yikes. Why can\u2019t I leave my prescription and come back later? Instead of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-the-drug-store\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Drug Store Annoyances\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-41 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-writing-process category-1\" data-name=\"Posture Is Important:  Some Thoughts on Writing\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T22:29:03+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/posture-is-important-some-thoughts-on-writing\/\" title=\"Posture Is Important:  Some Thoughts on Writing\" rel=\"bookmark\">Posture Is Important:  Some Thoughts on Writing<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s not easy being a writer.\u00a0 For one thing, the mantle feels daunting (am I well-read enough? imaginative enough?).\u00a0 Then there&#8217;s the fear of facing a blank page&#8211;manageable for me only because on most days, my impulse to describe and convince is stronger than my intimidation, and besides, when writing is going well, it&#8217;s a&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/posture-is-important-some-thoughts-on-writing\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Posture Is Important:  Some Thoughts on Writing\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-35 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-dermatology-vs-endocrinology tag-therapeutic-sun-bathing tag-vitamin-d-insufficiency category-1\" data-name=\"On Sun Phobia\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T21:19:09+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-sun-phobia\/\" title=\"On Sun Phobia\" rel=\"bookmark\">On Sun Phobia<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Want to raise eyebrows?\u00a0 Try telling people you sunbathe. What with fear of skin cancer, the compromised ozone layer, and the premature wrinkling caused by too much exposure, sunbathing has fallen so far out of favor in the last few decades that you might as well admit you chain-smoke unfiltered Camels. I\u2019m naturally pale, like&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-sun-phobia\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about On Sun Phobia\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-30 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-cell-phone-use-in-car tag-cell-phones-and-driving tag-ford-motors-internet-access-in-cars tag-hands-free-cell-phone-use tag-national-highway-traffic-safety-administration tag-nhtsa category-1\" data-name=\"A Rant About the NHTSA (and Ford Motors)\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T15:30:40+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-nhtsa-or-ford-motors-for-that-matter\/\" title=\"A Rant About the NHTSA (and Ford Motors)\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Rant About the NHTSA (and Ford Motors)<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>We got another rude awakening lately about the lethal mix of cars and cell phones.\u00a0 Apparently, even the use of hands-free devices significantly compromises safety on the road, perhaps by falsely reassuring drivers that they\u2019re not distracted.\u00a0 Talking on the phone while behind the wheel is roughly equivalent to a 0.08 percent blood alcohol level&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-nhtsa-or-ford-motors-for-that-matter\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Rant About the NHTSA (and Ford Motors)\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-25 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-dry-clean-only tag-dry-cleaning-industry-and-clothing-labels tag-dry-cleaning-toxicity tag-hand-wash-clothing tag-why-dry-clean category-1\" data-name=\"A Rant About Dry Cleaning\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T15:29:54+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-the-dry-cleaner\/\" title=\"A Rant About Dry Cleaning\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Rant About Dry Cleaning<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>\u201cDo Not Remove Tag!\u00a0 Under Penalty of Law!\u201d Remember when this warning, found on mattresses and pillows, inspired unthinking compliance instead of derision?\u00a0 Well, I\u2019ve been wondering why the \u201cDry Clean Only\u201d label to which so many of us bow down isn\u2019t regarded with similar bemusement. Dry cleaning has been around since the mid-19th century,&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-the-dry-cleaner\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Rant About Dry Cleaning\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1445 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-cash-for-clunkers tag-car-manufacturing-and-environment tag-car-retrofit-industry tag-car-rubber-bumpers tag-retrofit-car-bodies-eco-friendly category-1\" data-name=\"A Rant About the Car Options\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T15:08:41+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-the-car-options\/\" title=\"A Rant About the Car Options\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Rant About the Car Options<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Somewhere in a parallel universe, economic, geopolitical and environmental factors have forced a civilization to rethink its automobile industry.\u00a0 In a Piedmont Post exclusive, we are bringing you notes from this alien culture. Plan One: we\u2019re retrofitting our cars for energy efficiency. New car manufacture has been the economic backbone of our city of Totride&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-the-car-options\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Rant About the Car Options\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1444 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays tag-elevator-call-buttons-humor tag-elevator-doors tag-elevator-humor tag-universal-symbols-humor category-1\" data-name=\"What&#8217;s With Elevators?\" data-date=\"2009-12-30T14:59:38+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-elevators\/\" title=\"What&#8217;s With Elevators?\" rel=\"bookmark\">What&#8217;s With Elevators?<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Much as I appreciate being able to travel up and down the floors of a highrise in defiance of the acceleration of gravity (not to mention the acceleration of arthritis), there are some aspects of elevator technology with which I&#8217;m&#8230; well, not impressed. 1.\u00a0 What level do I want? Will physicists someday develop a unified&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-elevators\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about What&#8217;s With Elevators?\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post no-img post-1631 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-essays category-1\" data-name=\"Childhood\u2019s Wrecking Ball\" data-date=\"1998-10-11T22:42:05+00:00\">\n\n<div class=\"post-entry-content\">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/childhoods-wrecking-ball\/\" title=\"Childhood\u2019s Wrecking Ball\" rel=\"bookmark\">Childhood\u2019s Wrecking Ball<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Originally published in the S.F. Chronicle, Sunday, October 11, 1998 &nbsp; Thousand Oaks Elementary School is gone now, and I suppose one could argue that the field of dirt on which a new structure will ultimately be built is already an improvement over what the place had become.\u00a0 Years of neglect had ravaged the once&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/childhoods-wrecking-ball\/\" class=\"post-details details-type-link\" aria-label=\"Read more about Childhood\u2019s Wrecking Ball\">Read more<i class=\"dt-icon-the7-arrow-03\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/article><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; gap=&#8221;35&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653502944025{padding-top: 2em !important;padding-bottom: 2em !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/archive-left-row.jpg?id=1558) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Archive<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#d2a44f&#8221;]<div class=\"standard-arrow list-divider bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #836373;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #836373;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Minding-Their-Manners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minding Their Manners,<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Parents, 7\/99<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #836373;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #836373;\" href=\"\/childhoods-wrecking-ball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Childhood&#8217;s Wrecking Ball,<\/a><\/strong><\/span> S.F. 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