When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
cultural-icons
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...
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6 Comments · Inspiration, Opinion, Spirituality

Make the world a little kinder

November 26, 2014
I'm still ...what is the word? "reeling" isn't exactly it and "sad" is close, so maybe I'll just say that I'm still thinking about Ferguson and how we got to that place...
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27 Comments · Blog

Peace on earth: benediction and beacon home

November 25, 2014
This was published in Nov. 2011 in my local Patch.com edition, but I thought it was appropriate for this week. It was 1984, and I’d just arrived in California,...
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Holiday air travel tips

November 24, 2014
holiday-air-travel-tips
The other week we flew across the country from SFO to the western NY city that is our hometown, Rochester.  There was a full schedule of events and a full house at...
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47 Comments · Blog, Travel

Snarky but unique holiday gifts

November 23, 2014
WARNING: THESE UNIQUE HOLIDAY GIFTS ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART! Holiday displays were up way before Thanksgiving this year, and the only time I liked it was when...
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33 Comments · Blog

Healthy Thanksgiving side dishes

November 22, 2014
Thanksgiving traditions die hard, don't they?  My husband's a traditionalist and for the most part, he wants his traditional holiday dishes. But this year, I'm making a...
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32 Comments · Recipes

Easy gift idea: DIY lip scrub

November 21, 2014
I don't know about you, but I think it can be fun to make gifts.  When I found a recipe for an easy DIY lip scrub, I thought I'd share--wouldn't it be a great...
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28 Comments · Blog

Social media paparazzi gone mad

November 20, 2014
George Clooney and Ben Affleck think they've got paparazzi problems? Today, anyone can see their most unguarded moments publicized on social media, thanks to amateur...
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Whoopi Goldberg on rape: out of touch

November 19, 2014
You may remember my blog post two weeks ago about Bill Cosby, HERE. The story has progressed. More women have come out and charged that he raped them. Well, drugged...
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A flower by any other name is a vagina

November 18, 2014
The other day girlfriend told me that her nursing aide referred to her "flower."  Which apparently isn't that uncommon--it's an endearing term for vagina that was new...
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37 Comments · Blog

No one is all good or all bad

November 17, 2014
My father could be a difficult man. No, I'm not going to detail how and when or why--for this story it's enough to say that he could be difficult and we had a pretty...
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