When my kids were little I used to read a lot of women’s magazines – Family Circle, Women’s Day. Sometimes I subscribed. I tried recipes, I read articles. Even then (1980s), these were really anachronistic. Feminism had reached far enough…

Stevie's celebration of life is tomorrow. Most of my family is already here in Oregon. Some of the long-time friends who were my "bonus kids" when they were all teenagers will camp at my neighbor's house, some will stay at…

Who is the reader? Who reads these words? Who thinks about what is seen and heard? I am the reader! I long to learn. For adventure and mystery I yearn.

There is some dispute, in academic circles, whether the A-B-C song we learned as children and passed on to our own is a good thing or not. Some argue that by reducing the symbols to sounds (This is ironic, because…

I was not a perfect mom. I made loads of mistakes and bad decisions. I was not authoratative enough with my kids when I should have been. I can name all sorts of crazy things I did that I should…

Eloquence is for angels!

"Get out! Time to get out! We have work to do here, packing up the office!" O.K. I forgot my phone & have to call a taxi. Dana takes out her phone, dials 415 333-3333, then hands it to me.…

After the ceremony there was a kind of tea and champagne set up. It was a lovely ceremony and then we all went our separate ways for rest and rehab while the wedding party posed for photos. At dinner, like…

The sad part is that somehow along the way, we were led to believe perfection was even possible! It is not. But that hasn’t stopped us all from attempting to achieve it, has it? In fact, Life itself has the…

At dinner that evening the guests, 24 of us, were seated in tables of six. I knew everyone at my table, we had all gone to college together. Some of us saw each other from time to time back in…

But you cannot outrun the events of your own life, no matter how hard you try….no matter how much you think you’ve managed to make them disappear! Like patina on a piece of fine silverware, our life events leave their…