Actually, it’s not quite finished; there are still lots of blog posts that have to be moved over and some adjustments that have to be...

According to CBS news, “Robb Elementary School is the 27th shooting to happen at a school so far this year.” Take a minute and let that...

So far, 2022 has shaken me to my core. It has left me questioning things I believed to be true—things I took for granted. Number 1 I...

I got a call last week from a friend asking if I wanted to go to the movies. The movies! What a concept, I thought. Our local multiplex...

Easter is important not just for the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but for the power of what is happening...

I am totally focused on everything that is in front of me, and trust me, it’s thrilling. However the down side is that I have a lot of...

Over the holidays when our kitchen was super busy, our kitchen faucet broke. It was annoying, but not debilitating. At one point we were...

After 13 years, Bentley, our dog, got sick. She had a mass in her abdomen and before we could find out exactly what the mass was, she...

Ending one year and starting a new one is an important passage we all go through as the days of the calendar end and we align to start...

Last Friday we attended our daughter Olivia’s wedding to Greg—again. Thanks to COVID this was actually a redo. They were married last...

In Of Human Bondage, William Somerset Maugham describes the uniqueness of each life creating a pattern similar to the texture and...

My mother grew up in Normandy, France. She was full of memories of life near Étretat. But her stories would really come to life when she...

A while back I changed my walks into meditative walks. I don’t remember if I read about it or if I just discovered how powerful it is....

I was in New York City a couple of weeks ago getting my hair styled. The subject of my book came up; of course it did. The woman sitting...

Nach Waxman (pronounce “Knock”), founder of the revered bookstore Kitchen Arts & Letters in NYC, sadly passed away in the beginning of...

As I’m finishing the last details of the book, my friend Tulis asks me who I am dedicating the book to? I think about it and say, "I have...

It’s been an accomplishment I never thought I would/could do. But as the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu said, “A journey of a thousand...

I’ve been allergic to poison ivy since I was a child. I remember being covered in calamine lotion and being miserable. Anyone who has...

I’m almost at the end and all I seem to do is stare into space. I’m going through the last, the very last part of editing—this is by far...

As seen at antangifts.com We entered the restaurant, La Rôtisserie du Beaujolais* on the Quai de la Tournelle (5e arrondissement), and...