There’s a lot of Amazon buzz lately. Although my hometown Pittsburgh can hardly contain its excitement over the remote possibility of being selected as the location for the next Amazon headquarters, that’s not the Amazon I mean. I’m thinking about the Viking warrior who was buried in Sweden over 1,000 years ago. The grave, which […]
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Today, something completely abnormal happened (and I’m not talking about the eclipse.) This morning, while sitting on the porch drinking coffee, my husband – brace yourself – read the Style & Seen section of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. After ten years of marriage, I have never known him to read, or even glance, at what I […]
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When I recently reconnected through Facebook with my dear friend and former neighbor, Brenda, she reminded me of the famous “Michael” incident. Many years ago, while babysitting my two year old son, she put in a video for him to watch. It was Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and when he decided he didn’t like Ursula, […]
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I’m happy to be a contributor in the current edition of Fran Joyce and Jay Speyerer’s new online magazine, This Awful/Awesome Life. I’ve been running with dogs for 20 years. As you will discover, they don’t make me look good… and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Enjoy! Running Amok With Dogs
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Last week, I was talking to a friend of mine, who is a big reality TV fan. As we discussed the anti-Trump protests and turmoil in the aftermath of the presidential election, my friend was adamant that Donald Trump thrives on mayhem. “I think Donald Trump loves it,” she insisted. “Just watch The Apprentice. He […]
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Twenty years ago, when I witnessed a disturbing racist encounter, I miserably failed the safety pin test, long before there was a movement. I’m ashamed of myself. As a lifelong, peace-loving do-gooder, I say bravo to the swelling ranks of safety pinners, who silently repudiate our President-elect’s racist and xenophobic campaign rhetoric and declare themselves […]
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“They’re only words.” That’s what I kept hearing from people I respect who supported and voted for Donald Trump. One gentleman I know recently likened Trump to a gruff doctor, who has terrible bedside manners, but has the diagnosis right and gives it to you straight. I’m not sure about that, but wouldn’t it be […]
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Melania is in a pickle. I listened to her lovely speech about what she would do if she were First Lady. She said nice things. She said she would be an advocate for women and children. She explained that her job was to be a full-time mom and raise her ten-year-old son while her husband […]
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That’s what a kid told Good Morning America co-anchor, Michael Strahan, a few days ago when he talked to a group of 4th graders about election issues and rhetoric. If you are one of the gazillion people who have worried about how the meanest, most revolting and disgusting Presidential campaign season in U.S. history would […]
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I climbed into the attic a few days ago, looking for an old photograph. I know it exists. It’s up there somewhere, but I couldn’t find it. I’m glad. I don’t really want to see it again. Thirty-nine years ago, I was a foreign student in Turkey. I was living with a Turkish family and […]
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