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
When I was in grade school, I wrote a story about an avalanche. What did I know about that frightening
This post recalls an experience many of us have had. And lately, when I fly, I never get a window
Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT,
Sometimes I yearn for an answer, and thus would love your thoughts concerning this: why is it that as we
Like many others, I don’t have a trip to Europe or some exotic island cruise on my calendar.
Our home in Chicago has two walls of windows that look out onto our garden(photos above). Those same windows also
HOW TO RAISE A SWEET SON in an ERA of ANGRY MEN My husband and I are blessed with three
We hear it all the time…getting a good night’s sleep is GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN. Thus, when The Mayo Clinic
Life has changed so much because of the Internet, because of our ability to communicate with each other as many
I enter the exam room, met by a faint but lovely strawberry fragrance. Mrs. B. rests comfortably on an office