by Donna Star | Jun 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
This long email expresses my love for my dad on this third Father’s Day without him. Shockingly, I am unsure if I have ever shared my dad’s name, Abba, in my writing. Abba is Hebrew for Father. He was born Arthur Abraham Appelstein—a mouthful but easily...
by Donna Star | Jun 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Come what May. Even though it is now obviously June, I decided to go with this headline that popped into my head. The phrase means, regardless of the outcome, which seems relevant based on my topic today. This has been a busy year: a (very) big birthday! a recovering...
by Donna Star | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
A Stroke of Genius. My older brother is a genius. I always wanted to be just like him. I write left-handed because I mimicked him from across the table when we played together. He was good at everything – juggling, drawing, sports, playing musical instruments, and...
by Donna Star | May 13, 2023 | Blog
Moms vs. Technology I grew up without a cell phone, without smart TVs, and certainly without Artificial Intelligence. But that didn’t stop my mother from deploying all these skills decades before they were invented. Moms have a sixth sense like no other. They know...
by Donna Star | Apr 26, 2023 | Blog
The End of the Beginning. Happy 60th Birthday to me. I wanted to write about the bounties of my life: What turning 60 means to me. What publishing, Unsuccessfully Successful, means to me. What my family and friends mean to me. What my children, Jordan and Hannah, mean...
