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 mother’s guilt

June 5, 2010
Riley has his reproachful look down pat, doesn't he? This photo was taken just after he saw us pack up and bring the suitcase downstairs.But.....then.... things...

Crazy jet girl

June 4, 2010

Jetting off to Ireland

June 4, 2010

Off to find Finian’s rainbow

June 4, 2010
That's County Cork in Ireland with the rainbow up top, and tomorrow we're off at the crack of dawn. Who knows, we might find the pot of gold at the end of Finian's...

Letting go

June 4, 2010
To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones, knowing your whole life depends on it; and, when the...

Kinship

June 3, 2010
We are an unlikely group, the four of us women. An editor, a retired PR consultant, a job-seeking operations manager, a nurse--we meet monthly to drink coffee, eat...

Fractured famiglia

June 3, 2010
All for one and one for all. That's the common view of an Italian family. I've seen it in action with friends, both Italian and not. It's powerful. People assume that...

Drugs: it’s complicated

June 2, 2010
This is a follow-up post to the June 2 post on Kate's son's death. What do I really think about drugs?It's complicated.I came of age in the late 1960s. Drugs were just...

When dreams die young

June 2, 2010
When Marshall McLuhan coined the term "global village" many decades ago, the internet as we know it had not yet been invented. Since then Web, the Internet --whatever...

Embrace life

June 2, 2010
When it's over, I want to say: All my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. -Mary...

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