Pretty
My estranged real father made me feel that I was pretty; he teared up when looking at me in a party dress, in a wedding dress, in jeans...
"The Calling" by David McLain
I love our technology. I don’t have a Facebook page and I never tweet, but I’m an email and text junkie. (I am an introvert and a writer...
Live in Possibility
We visited Savannah, Georgia in September during our college visit tours for our 2nd son. It was the first choice college. It was far...
Where Do You Go?
This summer, I watched with interest as 62-year-old Diana Nyad made her 4th attempt to swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, the first...
Six Friends
Impromptu, a husband, sitting on Scarborough Beach on the most gorgeous first day of fall, suggests to his wife dinner with friends on...
Only This and Nothing More
It is mid-afternoon on Loon Lake in Rangeley, Maine, on a hot summer day. I lift my head ever so gently from the float’s pillow and see...
Life and Midlife
Last week, a wonderful woman in my life, Susanna Liller, sent me a You Tube link of Suzanne Braun Levine, the first editor of Ms....
The Sounds of Silence
It had been a rainy summer day on the lake; sprinkling rain, down pouring rain and even thunder. Great day for a roaring wood fire, and...
1,000 Marbles
I was cleaning out my desk at the office, an annual January event at both home and work, and tucked into the back of a top drawer I found...
Kids' Creativity
I believe creativity is a part of every person’s DNA. Each of us has a creative thread which may present with the obvious – music, art,...