Introduction

Thanks to my friends at WebMD, I have joined the world of bloggers and I look forward to sharing a number of things with you over the coming months and, possibly, years.

If you're not familiar with me and my background, let me provide a bit of information. I'm a native New Yorker and some people tell me I have a New York accent, while others say I don't. It's a choice between whether I think they're being polite or I really don't have an accent. I'm not sure.

I grew up taking the bus to school, then the subway to work and I've watched the wonderful island of Manhattan grow until I thought it couldn't grow anymore, but it did and does. I am amazed, dazzled and I love it, but I prefer to live in the burbs.

My family are all long-time Long Islanders who came there in 1880 to work, as one grandfather said, "for the rich." They were called, in those days, "servants" and they kept the homes, tended the stables and then the cars and felt they had fallen into the earthly equivalent of heaven. This despite no benefits and having to move, in season, from the estate to town where they lived in a tenement. So, my roots are deep in this area as they are in Europe.

I am a licensed psychologist and product of both the New York City school system and New York University, a school I loved and still do because of its magnificent library and film school. Film, I should tell you, is a passion of mine and I am working on a number of small film projects. It is slow going, but I figure that it's tending to my brain's neurons in extremely healthy ways and it's both an immense pleasure and a health benefit for me. Who wouldn't want a win-win situation?

I suppose you could equate blogging with short, short filmmaking in a way and it does seem like both journal and creative writing. I'll try to incorporate the best of both for you and my enjoyment.

Bring on the blog!