What a bizarre intersection of a vacation from hell with a pandemic-stricken ship. Read More

"This is the weirdest, most interesting group of people I've ever encountered," I thought. "I fit right in!" Read More

Most of the conventional wisdom for caregivers comes down to putting yourself first, making time for yourself. To a large degree, that’s a crock. Your priorities won’t come first for the present, and probably for a while. Read More

Problem number one: I had no boyfriend and, although I was 17, I had never been on a date. Read More

My parents, who had thought it wonderful that I had grandpa Max's eyes, said it was unfortunate that I had his nose, too. Ah, well, I thought, that's the genetic roll of the dice. Read More

While we ate tuna fish and Soupy hawked Jello, all kinds of chaos would happen. Read More

I had optimistic hopes about what retirement would be like, tempered with realism. Read More

Things eventually calmed down ... but the next year I did not enter the football pool. Football was not yet a woman's domain. Read More

There are many lessons I have learned ... Moves are a complex blend of stress, opportunity, and calamity. Read More

I mostly remember taking my fountain pen and writing tiny, neat lines to cram the most onto the aerogram sheet. Read More