Struggling with insomnia?

June 10, 2026
Oh, to sleep like a baby! Are you (like me) struggling with insomnia? Here’s what can actually help: If you’ve ever stared at the ceiling at 3 a.m. wondering why sleep won’t come, you know how discouraging insomnia can be. I hear from so many people—especially women over 50—who say...

A play!

August 6, 2010
Heading off to pick up a girlfriend & her friend in the mountains, and then off to Big Sur.We'll cap our day in Carmel, where we're going to a table reading of a...

Gratitude Friday ~ chosen families

August 6, 2010
Friends are family we choose ourselves.It's nice to know we've chosen wisely. Image: another perfect Curly Girl Design...

What to do in Seattle?

August 5, 2010
We're spending a few days in Seattle later this month. We're staying down by the Market and we won't have a car.What shall we do while there? Have you ferried to...

No fear. None.

August 5, 2010
I was talking the other day to a friend of mine who's gone through a bad divorce. Her husband left her in a pretty despicable way, one that said more about him than...

What would Riley do–immigration

August 5, 2010
My dear friend P has been picking at me for months, trying to get me to react to the illegal immigration issue. He is so desperate he's now asked Riley to weigh in.So,...

At our age

August 4, 2010
Don't laugh. This doesn't just happen to the old and addled. Or maybe that's what I've become, I don't know.I have actually forgotten where I parked. Several times in...

Resistance is usually futile

August 3, 2010
Image by Annette Margulies Werner Erhard.Remember him?The founder of est, a program which for most of us is now a distant memory (if a memory at all).Part mystic,...

Question for Riley today

August 3, 2010
Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab! Well, finally!My stalwart friend, S, has written:... here's one for the Rilster: what type of flowering plants...

Pen pals: no longer a thing of the past

August 3, 2010
Did you have a pen pal when you were young? I did. It was always fun to find a letter in the mailbox, to open it and to enter someone else's world for a few...

Love is our job

August 2, 2010
And it always seems like too little a while, when it comes to our furry babies.Which is why I appreciate every barky momentwith my own.Riley, my life would be so...

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