When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
As I write this we’ve just lost both Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem, two women who helped shape our generation. Why do I feel such grief? It hits differently when a cultural icon dies. The grief can seem strangely disproportionate to the relationship we actually had with them. We had...

Things I’m sick of hearing about

July 24, 2015
Donald Trump Deprive a fire of oxygen and it will be snuffed out. Deprive the the bombastic Donald Trump of media coverage and he will disappear into oblivion. Which...

5 lessons learned from living

July 23, 2015
It's my 64th birthday and I have a few thoughts to share about aging. Lessons learned, for sure. Living all these years taught me many things and the first is this:...

My famous bruschetta

July 22, 2015
INGREDIENTS 3 organic heirloom tomatoes, ripe, chopped one-third cup fresh basil, chopped 3 cloves garlic or 3 Trader Joe's frozen squares of garlic 2 Tablespoons...

Renovation: prepare the house + yourself

July 21, 2015
Our renovation went smoothly, and I attribute it first to the luck of choosing a good contractor, one who considered schedule and budget as mandates and not...

Fear, fallacies and phobias

July 20, 2015
It's hard to avoid some of the illogical, hysterical or sometimes just plain hateful social media posts about gay marriage. The haters. The hate. I get what it's about....

Sen-Sen & the taste of nostalgia

July 19, 2015
I found this squirreled away in a box a few months ago and it brought back so many memories. So very many.  Are you familiar with Sen-Sen? It was the 1950s version...

Are the trolls winning?

July 18, 2015
A friend of mine had an essay about surviving after divorce published on HuffPo yesterday and became the target of many, many troll attacks in the comments and also on...

Still stylish vintage shoes

July 17, 2015
Like any fashion, shoe styles come back, something that was evident at a recent vintage couture exhibition at the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco. I blogged...

Time, space + an open mind

July 16, 2015
True since time immemorial.The greatest minds of our existence have been mocked, disparaged, discredited for their discoveries and theories, until they were proven...

Learning to love certainty

July 15, 2015
There was a time that I didn't like the idea of certainty. It was....boring. I preferred by far not knowing what was around the next corner. Surprises thrilled me....

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