Martha Mccully

The pace of making money in this new world is so different than what I'm used to. When I first left the steady paycheck eighteen months ago, each day that would go by where I didn't make a penny caused a panic.

I'm once again the inhuman dog-less, child-less single lady who for an instant came close to being one of them, but didn't make it.

I'm doing a lot of things differently in my new economy. I'm cleaning my own house, choosing meters over valet, skipping doctors' appointments, living without HBO, avoiding Whole Foods.

A friend in New York calls to say that I MUST see the new movie "I Love You, Man," not because of the hilarity (brief but present), but for the scene...

I've been in Venice 21 days and I am still the New Girl. The simplest and most complex incidents make me feel this way. I don't even know when and where to cross the street.