Betsy's Blog

  Have you watched the virtual TV version of “The View?” I was in the audience today from the comfort of my living room. It was started at 5:45 am when I logged into the TV virtual audience from my laptop. A comedian named Regina warmed up the audience from her parents’ NYC apartment. She gave us virtual audience tips on how to clap up high by the side of our cheeks so that it shows up on the TV screen. She seemed to know the cast of regular virtual audience members very well. They shared their week's highlights with each other during the pre-show warm-up. One of the audience members invited all of us to a Happy Hour at “The Owl’s Tale” this Friday in NYC. I don’t think I’ll make it from the other side of the country for that social event, but it sounds like fun! Regina explained our role from the comfort of her parents’ study. She asked her parents to share how they met and they got shy. Regina had to keep leaving her computer to go next door to help her parents with ...

          Have you read the 13 books in “A Series of Unfortunate Events?” I am trying to focus on seeing my recent stories as fortunate. I just returned from a wonderful trip with my husband to Costa Rica. It was magical to see tropical animals living in lush, green forests. Now I am home and getting ready for the first day of school. Reality beckons, but I can share my jungle animal stories with my students.  I ate too much on vacation and need to go on a healthy diet. Is any diet really healthy? On that note, I decided to do some floor exercises to strengthen my core. I started a ten-minute video on my phone for women over 50. Yep, that is me. However, I lifted my legs too high and twisted the wrong way, and put out my back. Unfortunately, I ended up stuck in a chair with a pillow behind me for the weekend. Every footstep was painful. By the time I got a doctor's appointment and meds, the pain was bearable. The X-rays were all good and the doctor t...