Author Archives: nikkimeredith
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the sessions the movie and more: part 2
Posted on January 4, 2013 by nikkimeredith in health and beauty, movie review, odds and sods.About 20 years ago, for a profile I planned, I interviewed Cheryl Cohen Greene, the sexual surrogate Helen Hunt plays in The Sessions. (for part I of this post on The Sessions click here.) I found her irresistible. She had a way of talking about sex unlike anyone I’d ever met. She could be funny, […]
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sex, surrogacy and supper: the movie the sessions, part 1
Posted on December 17, 2012 by nikkimeredith in friendship, health and beauty, movie review, odds and sods.Last week I was having dinner with six of my friends – all of them, to one degree or other, hip or at least hipish. I mentioned that I saw The Sessions, the recently released film starring Helen Hunt and John Hawkes. I was fired-up about the film and I wanted to discuss it. Specifically, […]
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living with chronic pain – someone else’s: part I
Posted on November 2, 2012 by nikkimeredith in family, friendship, health and beauty, migraine and chronic pain.I woke up this morning smiling. It was the first morning in three days that I didn’t have either searing pain behind my right eye or nausea. I took the dog for a walk with a sizable bounce in my step. I ate breakfast and after breakfast I took a shower and, as I towel-dried […]
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what do I have in common with Julia Roberts? how being a dog owner is like being a celebrity
Posted on September 25, 2012 by nikkimeredith in dogs, family, odds and sods, rituals, unexpected adventures.I have never been, nor will I ever be, a celebrity — not even for Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes. But I maintain that having a dog shares some of the features of celebrityhood and if you walk around with two dogs, you’re on your way to being a super celebrity. When our dog Alice was […]
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the path not taken: a mother and her aid worker daughter
Posted on August 22, 2012 by nikkimeredith in family, love of a mother, Mother-Daughter Relationships, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both… Robert Frost “Mom, please tell me….if it’s going to be too hard on you, I won’t go.” Caitlin and I were sitting outside at Emporio Rulli, our neighborhood Italian Bakery drinking tea on a shimmering fall day. She was scheduled to […]
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