This morning.  Not too early.  Sun fully shining already through the dull pearl of our Venetian morning cloud cover.  In fact, it's just...

Ah, as I start in on this post, I'm already afraid of the consequences that might arise from failing to perfectly explain myself.  Or...

I wasn't positive my kids were going to love their spring break in Europe. And now that we're two weeks away from it, I'm still not sure...

I fell in love in Paris.  Again. Though this time, not with the city, nor with any of the many dreamy Parisian lads flying by on their...

My family and I have just returned from a lovely and exhausting 10 day trip to Europe.  Two cities in ten days didn't sound like a lot,...

My daughter comes home this afternoon with an assignment from English class.  An assignment to interview someone (an adult...close to ...

Chapter 1. Our dog, Georgia, is dying slowly.  She has been ever since last summer when we discovered, upon taking her to the City of...

So I was, like all other women I know and those millions I do not, a girl way back in the day.  I was a girl, much like my ten year old...

This is very embarrassing.  Despite all my good white-person intentions, I have become apparently somewhat biased in my racial opinion...

It occurred to me this morning getting out of bed.  The Audacity of Wanting. 18 hours after the onset of another stifling depressive...

Random how the universe works. Weaving silvery ethereal threads together in its wondrous ways. This morning I'm staring at the blank...

I opened up Facebook this morning to find that my old neighbor and friend, Helaine Olen, has just finished her new book.  Her first solo...

We all know the end of this quote.  In fact, I've always wondered where FDR nicked it for his auspicious first inaugural speech- assuming...

Well, I'll just get that out in the open right away.  Actually, I hate to disappoint, but my dirty little secret is really neither dirty,...

So last night as I'm lying in bed...trying to get to sleep...not sleeping...as has been now perfectly normal for me ever since having...