Pretty toxic

After reading Sandy Long’s informative articles in the April 3 and 10 issues of this newspaper exposing how pharmaceuticals enter our drinking water, I began to think about the health and beauty aids in my medicine cabinet. Whatever concoctions I slather on my body, daub on my face or lather in my hair in the name of beauty end up in the water we all drink. I wondered as well about their effect on my body.

go to column

Lucy’s trip to the big city

I arrive back in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning from a much-needed rest at home in Narrowsburg. My roommate Mark is away on a film shoot and arrives home later in the day. With him is a special guest star, Lucy, his parent’s dog, who we will be taking care of for the week.

Lucy is a regular-sized poodle, and at four months, she is already 25 pounds. She is brown, with soft curls and big brown eyes. She reminds me of a Muppet (Fozzie Bear) and I find her to be incredibly sweet. She licks my hand excitedly as Mark explains that everyone on the shoot loved her.

“Nothing like having a cute puppy around,” he says. “She sat right under the camera as we shot and never barked. She’s great.”

go to column