Life Thoughts

Thirteen thousand, six hundred and sixty-two minutesThirteen thousand, six hundred and sixty-two meals to planThirteen thousand, six hundred and sixty-two minutesHow do you measure? Measure a year? In daylights,In sunsets,In midnights,In…

Starting out my post-graduate studies, I never imagined that the 17th century would be my area of literary and historical focus. Initially, the poetry of the romantic period attracted me. The…

I am back in physical therapy. Who knew that my infamous fall down the legendary Radcliffe Camera steps 11 years ago would still haunt me. I was reading in the…

Oh, yum! While editing Rain Dodging, I couldn’t help but notice how often I imbibed a Pimms & Lemonade:  Stopping at a quaint pub, I descended three stone steps and sat…

Just when I wonder what I will write about next here, I will see or hear something that makes me explore it. For today:

If all goes well, my book launch party will be Monday November 13, at 6 p.m. I hope to have a Zoom component so if you are interested, mark you…

For me, a new term: ‘Dog Whistling’Sadly, not a new term. In politics, a dog whistle is the use of coded language in political messaging to garner support from a particular group…

“I can’t do anything except plead with the Congress to act reasonably.” President Joe Biden According to the Pew Research Center, 2021: 53% of Americans favor stricter gun laws. Yet .…

Yankee outfielder Joe Pepitone passed away last week. What does that have to do with me, you could ask? Cleveland's Municipal Stadium was mammoth, close to 80,000 seats.(Modern day Progressive…

I live in the hayloft of a 100-year-old barn, on a bucolic Piney River bluff. My husband did the renovation. He’s sexy that way. Yesterday, early morning, I was returning…