Love without legalities

November 20, 2011
Here in the 21st century our lives are chock-full of relationshipsthat remain long after "official" status gone.Like an in-law.{I hate the "in-law" designation.}Or...

Fall but soon winter

November 19, 2011
It's dark earlier now*, and carpets of leaves are everywhere. It's still fall, but we're moving relentlessly toward winter, a cold, dark season for many of us.Our wet...

Finding our way home

November 18, 2011
South in winter, north in spring: birds always know where home is. Back in the day, extended families all lived in the same area. "Home" was clear. Today, not so...

When imitation turns into obsession

November 16, 2011
Back in my early 30s, I had a really good friend. Someone with whom I spent a lot of time. After a while though, I began to notice a strange pattern.Whatever I did, she...

Simple Sicilian cooking

November 15, 2011
The trouble with two people of Sicilian descent cohabiting is that the entire household believes that the best meal has these ingredients.Garlic, onions, red, orange and...

Me, myself: a 21st century grammar lesson

November 14, 2011
Few grammatical errors make me as crazy as the misuse of the reflexive pronoun, myself.Unless it's using "media" as a singular, when it's a plural. One medium; two...

Let in the light

November 13, 2011
This is what love should feel likedecades later.In the early 1980s an older friend told methat her heart still skipped a beatwhen she saw her husband,20 years and four...

One more word about charitable giving

November 12, 2011
We're not in the 1 percent. Whether you calculate by net worth or by income, we're not.But we're lucky enough and I feel no guilt abut that. We both worked hard and...

Welcome to Terra Nova

November 12, 2011
It's got Spielberg involved, but it's not doing very well. We might be the only people watching this hot mess, which runs on Fox at 8pm on Mondays. You can also catch it...

Doo Wop Test

November 11, 2011
Time for some much-needed levity, don't you think?I love Doo Wop. It evokes its time and place so perfectly, and never fails to bring me back to a time when life was so...

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