Let us remember it, every moment

June 15, 2026
No one in these senior years is immune to thoughts that attempt to make meaning of the lives we've lived. And as usual, a recent episode of the television show, Call the Midwife, has evoked those kinds of deep thoughts. As children on the show made time capsules (and yes, some of the adults,...

The bottom line of online dating

March 23, 2011
I know many women my age don't like online dating, but I loved it.Every new date was an adventure and even the bad experiences were so wildly bad that all I could do was...

Customer service: Apple gets it

March 22, 2011
I am the proud owner of a brand new, IMac with a monitor bigger than the TV in my bedroom. And way bigger than my MacBook Pro.As I write this, the new Mac's at the Apple...

It’s called Los Gatos but could be Los Perros

March 22, 2011
Outside a store in downtown Los Gatos, Calif. that lets you pick the height at which you leash your dog.By breed. Adorable!It's hard to read, but the bottom says...

Still, denial lives on a fault line

March 21, 2011
We Americans live in denial. We never think the worst is going to happen. And then it does. The awful reports and images from Japan should serve as a reminder for the...

The lost art of being in the moment

March 20, 2011
Twice a week I take an hour-long exercise class with a group of women who are probably a decade or more younger than I. They're raising teenage kids, know one another...

Owning it

March 19, 2011
I'm big on the concept of owning it. Taking responsibility for things that happened, instead of always making it someone else's fault. Or denying it.Hey, so you've...

A fervent prayer

March 19, 2011
We are aging, there's no way around it, and many of us are paying for the "sins" of our past. It's a time of life when we and our peers find ourselves afflicted with all...

Rolling in the deep–Adele

March 18, 2011
She's amazing -- that voice.Adele, doing Rolling in the...

on writing

March 18, 2011
Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. ~E.L....

Take comfort in the peace of wild things

March 18, 2011
It's a crazy world with lots to fear, but it's probably no crazier and more fearsome than it was when we were growing up.Even though we mythologize childhood in the...

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