The other day I signed up for a Lifetime Membership for a Meditation App. It seemed like a no-brainer, until I heard myself think, “Wait a minute – how long would I have to live to make this lifetime membership worthwhile?” A quick calculation told me I would have to live for three more years. That sounded doable. But what in the Sam Hill am I doing thinking thoughts like THAT?

Continue reading Lifetime Membership: Yea or Nay – January 30, 2023 at Musings by Tulis.

Actors know that a world with no stories would go wobbling off into the Universe and burn to a crisp or freeze over until it was colder than the heart of a certain Supreme Court Justice.

Continue reading Actors Are Magicians – January 23, 2023 at Musings by Tulis.

In addition to being King’s birthday, this year January 15th marked the closing date for SEVEN Broadway shows. Four of those shows feature black casts: “Death of a Salesman,” “A Strange Loop,” “Topdog/Underdog,” and “Ohio State Murders.” A fifth, “The Piano Lesson,” will close in two weeks.

Continue reading Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. – January 16, 2023 at Musings by Tulis.

When you are deep into experiencing your own stupid - stupid is not funny. Like the 15 minutes I spent the other day looking for my keys. I could feel the spirits hanging around laughing as my anxiety started to spike. Seriously. They thought it was a laugh riot.

Continue reading How Stupid AM I? – January 9, 2023 at Musings by Tulis.

I like when the dark comes on and says, “Slow down. You just put in a full day and worked your butt off, so put up your feet and have a cocktail or three. Press the Pause Button for God’s sake. Light a candle and contemplate another day’s adventure. Hush.”

Continue reading I Like The Dark – January 2, 2023 at Musings by Tulis.

My Great Grandfather's letter to a neighbor the day after my grandmother was born. 1896. "Last night about 10:45 P.M. or it may have been 10:46, I am not quite certain, being a little agitated at the time, a young lady, quite a stranger to all of us, - no one seemed ever to have seen her before - came to pay us a visit; which from the perfectly contented way she has taken to her novel surroundings, threatens to degenerate into a permanent residency…. "

Continue reading Grammy Gracie’s Birthday – she is third from the right – December 26, 2023 at Musings by Tulis.

If you are raised Catholic, at some point you have to choose. Jesus or Santa. At a certain age you are expected to put away childish things and throw Santa under the bus.

Continue reading Santa vs. Jesus – December 19, 2022 at Musings by Tulis.

I went to the MET yesterday for the first time in three years. I was in search of mummies. My niece’s sons are studying them and want to see actual specimens. I overheard a grandmother strolling with her granddaughter mention mummies. “Are there any here?” I said. She snapped at me. “Of COURSE there are! Follow me, we are headed in that direction. I’ll get you to the American wing and you can take it from there.” Which I did. FYI the MET has FOUR.

Continue reading Visit to the MET – December 12, 2022 at Musings by Tulis.

The "4 minute" message - My life is like a quiz show. Is it an age thing? After all, my brain is stuffed. I have so many names, places, things, summer vacations, Christmas Carols, works of art, recipes, cousins, family dinners, dinner parties, grammar school teachers, high school concerts and cats’ names in here that it is difficult to sort through them all on a moment’s notice. More and more I depend on the kindness of strangers.

Continue reading Life Is A Quiz Show – December 5, 2022 at Musings by Tulis.

Watching i"The Wizard of Oz" this year, I concluded that OZ belongs to Toto not Dorothy – like “Cinderella” belongs to Gus-Gus. But that’s a story for another time.

Continue reading TOTO Too – November 28, 2022 at Musings by Tulis.