How to roast garlic

November 7, 2013
Roasting garlic, that's what I'm sure our organic box coordinators had in mind when they gave us four heads of the stuff over two weeks.  Because even we Sicilians...

Travel journal: India, the Sub-continent page 1

November 6, 2013
There was a day when writers kept beautiful, leather-bound and corded travel journals.  Even the act of opening them seemed imbued with the exotic.  I can't say that...

Today’s the day!

November 5, 2013
Today's the day. My essay about a very dear woman friend appears in this anthology that got released today. It's called 50 Ways I Love His Mother and I believe it's...

Moving sculpture on a Santa Fe street

November 4, 2013
Not even a block from our hotel in Santa Fe last month was this riveting kinetic sculpture: I couldn't move away from it. Every time we passed by, I had to stop and...

A neurotic shares her crutches

November 3, 2013
It seems like I went through life without a care in the world until my mother died in 1999, and when she did, her neuroses left her body and entered mine with a great...

Telling the truth about senior sex

November 2, 2013
This is the first in a sporadic series I'm calling "The emperor has no clothes." Let me start by saying that menopausal women who write about menopause are doing a...

Wear your plumage proudly + soar!

November 1, 2013
This is the season for taking risks. For new beginnings. Actually, every season's appropriate for spreading our wings and flying. Feathers are there--you look...

Trick or treat! from Riley

October 31, 2013
Oh, boy! BarkBox sent me a new toy! Hmmm. What's this all about? I'll give it a good chew. Maybe I'll cart it off to a corner. Or, maybe I'll just abandon it altogether...

Why dogs bite people

October 31, 2013
This sweetie-pie should be careful during hunting season. Like a virgin.... "How DARE you sing MY song?!!!" But can he breathe? This is brilliant. Just...

All mistakes serve a purpose

October 30, 2013
"Your best teacher is your last mistake." That is, if you're willing to recognize it. And learn. What are your thoughts about mistakes? I'm not a parent, but it seems...

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