Reflections on the small things, and the big ones, that impact our day-to-day lives.
Seasonal Notes from a Lifelong Learner
No sooner does September roll around and I’m smack in that back-to-school mindset that to this day energizes me. Get to a certain age and you find yourself thinking more and more about…
Erratic Weather, Power Failures, and the Lessons of Living with Uncertainty
Learning to see the bigger picture when faced with circumstances beyond our control. July 4th weekend, record-breaking heat in the New York area. An hour north of the city, where I live, a…
Awareness through Movement
What we learn from observing babies in motion. My granddaughter recently celebrated her first birthday. She lives in Los Angeles with my daughter and son-in-law and two small dogs she does her best…
A Tattered Dress, Three Handfuls of Pecans, and a Braid of Hair
How an embroidered cotton sack filled with three items would become the shortest slave narrative in existence. Picture a woman named Rose, Black and enslaved on a South Carolina plantation, pre-Civil War times….
Dear Diary No More
What began as a way to escape family noise came to an end when I found my true voice as a writer. Tucked away on the very top shelf of my closet is…
Jane Austen, My iPhone, and Lessons in Perspective
These days find me craving Jane Austen. Reading a Jane Austen novel at any given time is its own kind of joy. In an instant I’m pulled into a world, if not a…
