When things we thought were unnecessary are actually quite necessary, ...

May 16, 2024
This hangs in my little home in Rochester, NY and since it's on the refrigerator, I look at it a lot. (Ok, maybe too much. But that's another post) I love it, because it really says so much of what I have learned about unnecessary things over these last 50 years that I've spent growing...

Social media: our window to the world

April 12, 2024
The complexities of life are on display every day in our social media feeds. Social media really are a window to the world. And just like any window, sometimes they...

A century of shoes

April 10, 2024
Here's more from the Fashioning San Francisco: a Century of Style, the retrospective of San Francisco fashion that opened at the deYoung Museum in February. These...

If aliens came down…

April 9, 2024
If aliens dropped in on us today, they'd have questions. Oh, would they have questions. Here are a few: Why do so many women look alike, with crazy-smooth skin,...

The beauty of Botticelli

April 5, 2024
Sometimes, an artist brings his era alive in such a beautiful and vivid way that you're left wanting more. Such is the case with Botticelli, whose drawings (and some...

When the world is dark, the doctor prescribes a frothy podc

April 3, 2024
Podcasts. A strange hybrid of radio show and blogpost. Since I don't have an Iphone, I wasn't really sure how to access podcasts at first. Then, I realized that...

End-of-life: an unavoidable topic

March 27, 2024
Let's face it: no one likes to consider their death.  Few things are as sensitive (and downright scary) to some as discussions with loved ones about end-of-life...

A visit to the toxic cesspool that was/is Twitter/X

March 25, 2024
When Musk began his overbearing behavior after his new purchase of the site formerly known as Twitter, I deleted my account. I wasn't ever much of a Twitter user, to...

The day we lost our innocence

March 19, 2024
We were all young like this once... our faces reflecting the innocence common to all children. What I wouldn't give for some of that now. Watching JFK: One Day in...

Power player, playboy, predator

March 15, 2024
Playboy Playmates of the Month--the girls next door, or so we were told. Beautiful. Innocent. Sweet. But is that how they were treated? Back in the day, I...

Is transactional giving truly giving?

March 13, 2024
In the shower the other morning I wondered what exactly it means to be a giver. Sure, lots of people give. And a big proportion of that number identify as givers. But...

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