What Good Friday Teaches Us About Cynicism
With all that is happening in our country, I am reposting this piece. I am also praying for the father
With all that is happening in our country, I am reposting this piece. I am also praying for the father
When growing up, I lived near a castle, one I could easily walk to or ride my bike. And thinking
I have been told that it started when I was three years old. We had two throw rugs in a
Joan Didion is a writer and thinker whose work has stayed with me. The Year of Magical Thinking was a
After 9-11 life was totally altered for all of us. As a writer, I sat and stared at my manuscript,
When I was a child, a daughter growing up, I reflected my mother’s image—her habits, nuances, even her opinions. I
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT LOVE, LEWY BODY DEMENTIA & ICE SKATING. When do we truly become ourselves? I
I THE MIRROR or the ARROW In a recent post on Writer Unboxed, Donald Maass, writing guru, wrote about the
Memories can sparkle. And they can STING…when we unbury them, stumble upon them. We might even cry, become angry. Memories
The following post focusses on ideas and the brilliance shared by Ken Burns. Who is Ken Burns? Kenneth Lauren Burns
FIRST THE RAIN PART Having weeks before given birth to our son, our third child, a neighbor recommended an
Whether we are experiencing midlife, or we are aging; whether we are living with a partner, living alone or are
For some reason, my family thinks I yearn to be surprised. Think birthdays. When a zero appears in my age….TIME
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
In past years, if I sat down to write novels about people connected to one another in various ways; if
BEING MORTAL And that is what Gawande emphasizes in this book: choice. The cases he relates are all about