Dark Chocolate Thoughts

Dark Chocolate Thoughts

As women, we are all going through the same life, albeit in divergent times and tracks. Some lead lives of quiet desperation, to paraphrase a famous book. Some are like Martha and some are like Mary, as parabled in another. Some feel fully alive, bristling with...
Edgy and at ease

Edgy and at ease

A widely accepted convention of love is that opposites will attract. It’s proof is under our roof: my husband, whose natural skin tone is the tan to which I aspire, married the lassie of peaches-and-cream, skin that necessitates sun screen, not nonchalance....
Living Life as a Miracle: a trip to the Holy Land

Living Life as a Miracle: a trip to the Holy Land

The over-large postcard arrived in the mail, heralding an appealing offer: the maiden voyage of a Celebrity cruise, an eight-day Mediterranean itinerary that included the Holy Land. Two days in Israel, not a large country, but laden with Christian treasures and...
Muse – eum

Muse – eum

     Nature is – an ever-changing art museum. How lucky I am to have unlimited admission. Where should I go to luxuriate in her glamour today, tomorrow, this summer, soon? After six sets of house guests since January 1, hostessing other people’s vacations...
Bounce Back Bozo

Bounce Back Bozo

If you could choose a cartoon metaphor for yourself, who or what would you be? It’s a great conversation starter at a party – try it sometime! A group of friends chose Charlie Brown for me. Whaddayathink? You recall the hapless champion of real, who sought...