A Room of My Own
Recently I spent a couple of weeks in New Mexico, writing. An old friend owns a lodge there, in a small town on the Rio Grande. He makes a room available for us when we visit, and he generously welcomed … Read more…
People
Life Lessons from the Rolling Stones
Saturday night my husband and I ticked off one of the items on our bucket list. We saw the Rolling Stones in concert on their Zip Code Tour in Arlington. It was everything we hoped it would be, and when … Read more…
What it is…
Happy Mother’s Day. Whether you’re a woman or a man, and whatever this day is like for you, I hold out my hand to you in sisterhood. To begin at the beginning, we all had a mother. Some of us … Read more…
A New Look at Labor Day
Live! Work! Create! The nature of manifestation is that we humans conceive an idea, then work to bring it into physical reality. Today, Labor Day, is the perfect time to notice this process, which expresses our physical, emotional, intellectual and … Read more…
Into the Time Machine
During the last couple of weeks before my 50th high school reunion, my mind was overflowing with memories, and as they came up, I found it impossible not to write about them. In the month since, people keep saying, “Well? … Read more…
Graduation
I was something of a small town political hot potato… Once I understood what was happening, I tried everything I could think of to resolve the situation. This was a tragedy in my young life, and as happens in tragedy, I moved that year through disbelief and denial, into bargaining, through anger and despair, and finally into acceptance. On graduation night, I sat in the audience…The consequences of this situation impacted my life in much bigger ways.
Remembering Remarkable Teachers
As I count down to my 50th High School Class Reunion, I find myself thinking of the many people who shaped me and prepared me for adult life. One of the things for which I am most grateful to my parents is an excellent education. Although we moved a lot (16 schools, 11 years, two countries), my father in particular always made sure his seven children attended good schools.