Adjusting to New Developments
Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT,
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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
This was a response to a question that came in my email from McSweeneys. Dear McSweeney’s, You asked: WHAT SHOULD
I’m a writer. I write fiction. I am also a woman. In Lily King’s WRITERS AND LOVERS, her MC, Casey
The word maternity immediately provides an image of a pregnant woman, a would-be mother, the female aspect of reproduction.
At the end of the 1990s, we moved from Chicago to Des Moines, Iowa. We were excited about the
Unable to find the art I originally used for this topic, I found the above, a work by Daren
When I lived in Des Moines, the capitol of Iowa, I met some amazing people. Living in a small big town
The following is from Joan Didion’s BLUE NIGHTS “You have your wonderful memories,” people said later, as if memories
Once upon a time, a woman stood in the empty nursery of her home. It was a high summer
Look around you. It’s everywhere. You can find it in big moments and small. It’s the ability to keep going, to
Leslie Jamison is a contemporary voice we must listen to. Compared to Joan Didion, Susan Sontag, her ability to