A confession: I’m not great at celebrating things, whether they’re birthdays or the completion of a project. I love throwing a party for you, or baking you a cake, or […]
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As a verified Space-Age baby, who watched the first landing and first steps for mankind on the moon back in 1969 on a grainy black-and-white television, and who grew up
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I woke this morning to a stern note in my calendar. Publish new blog, it said. Written there on the first Saturday of March by my optimistic past self at
ON PTSD, BANDWIDTH, AND THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS Read More »
I’m choosing to start the year full of hope. As in, hopefully everything I’ve written in my planner will be accomplished by the end of the year. It’s ambitious, as
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Magical. That’s the word I would use to describe the week I got to have at the top of May. During a week-long trip, I got to stay at an
On the Hudson Valley Theatre Festival and Lifetime Friendships Read More »
In just a couple of weeks, my husband and I are headed to what we hear is a beautiful section of the country, the Hudson River Valley. The reason for
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Over the past months, I’ve had the pleasure of riding an Amtrak train to Washington, DC, to Union Station, transferring to the Metro, and then walking a few pleasant blocks to
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Fifty-two years of anything is a long time. Fifty-two years of friendship is a blessing. I’ve written about my friend Laura*, in these pages before. Here we are in 4th
On Saying Goodbye and New Things Read More »
After six years and five months, we are moving out of Dallas. Those years were a tumultuous time for my husband and me, as well as our kids. It started
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“It’s always something.” If you’re old enough to remember the original cast of SNL, there was a character played by Gilda Radner. Roseanne Roseannadanna would appear on the Weekend Update
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