Here’s the saga about the story. I went to the AAUW home tour and at one of the homes I ran into an old friend with such a smashing necklace, I wanted to rip it off her neck. We were… Continue Reading
This is the story of how I came to write the script of A Cascade Christmas and what I learned from it. Notice the emphasis on the word “story”? This is to clarify that I am not a journalist or… Continue Reading
As I wrote this, it was National Library Week and my husband, Jack, was watching paint dry, um, I mean watching golf. This used to annoy me, but now it pleases me as it means he has turned off the… Continue Reading
Hello, 2018. I am recovering from the flu; I am recovering from 2017. Some of you may have thought 2017 was a wonderful year. How nice for you. For me, it was a year fraught with fear and loathing, angst… Continue Reading
I feel privileged to belong to a very special book club. Over twenty-three years we have learned a lot about each other by sharing our opinions about books. We have become truly book-bound. After that many years, one develops a… Continue Reading
Sometimes I just lie awake at night worrying. It’s hard for me to sleep when I think of all the taxes we pay. Income tax, property tax, sales tax, estate tax—the list just goes on and on. And the bonds!… Continue Reading
One of my favorite Steve Jobs anecdotes is the story of the iPod development. Apple Engineers kept bringing revised versions of the iPod to Jobs and he kept sending them back, insisting that it be made smaller. Finally, they told… Continue Reading
This happened in another time and another place. Or perhaps it never happened at all. Maybe it’s an alternate version of a different story; such is the way of fairy tales. In any case, here is my disclaimer: this is… Continue Reading
Every January I take the time to look back at the best literature of the previous year. Last year, thanks to library audiobooks, I was able to consume 97 books, 86 of them novels. 2016 was a good year to… Continue Reading
Tomorrow I’m hosting our monthly book club lunch. I should be frantically cooking and cleaning, but I have the Latvian Stew on simmer and my book club friends will probably forgive me a bit dust. Besides, we’re all aging and… Continue Reading
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