Suprise Me

Genuine, hopeful retreat is possible. Read More

No Buster Browns, Keds, or Thom McCanns for me. Just, ugh, saddle shoes ... Read More

A possibly life-altering relationship gone because of a single ill-chosen and misheard word. Read More

As much as my family loved Christmas, we loved Christmas Eve more. Read More

Tapestry A few years ago my husband’s college roommate Ken invited us to join him on a trip to Normandy.   I had a bit of a hassle replacing my missing travel documents,  but eventually all was resolved.  (See The Purloined Passport) We flew first to Paris where we visited with family and friends, then rented… Read More

There has to be a better way to deliver medical care. ER waiting rooms are just another broken part of our system. Read More

Monday, June 9, 2008. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. I awake early and hear my hostess Shirley Randell swimming in her pool. The goat outside my window bleats. A bit later Shirley, dressed in the sari that’s her daily costume, is rushing off to work. I arrived yesterday, bleary and beat. Shirley was on the… Read More

Thank heavens I was born into a family that encouraged reading. I did the flashlight under the covers thing from early on. In the summers mom would take us to the public library every week or two and each time we checked out the maximum number of books allowable, 19 as I recall. It was… Read More

[T]he slack mainsheet clipped the corner of my eyeglasses . . . neatly somersaulting them off my face. And into the lake. Read More

I went on to become a journeyman operator and was proud to be a Union Maid. Read More