Life Thoughts

History was made Wednesday evening when Volodymor Zelensky addressed Congress in his battlefield greens. Did you wonder what the emblem on his sweatshirt signifies? It was a trident. The first trident symbols…

Although we had plenty of cats as Jesse grew up and brought them home, I never grew into a cat person. But when this little creature was spayed, she and…

Queen Elizabeth II had a love for three-strand pearls because her grandfather gave her a three strand when she was just 9 years-old. Pearls have been coveted as symbols of…

I've been thinking about empathy. empathy the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another . . .  https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy…

I have been blessed to live in some beautiful surroundings in middle Tennessee. Once Jesse left for university, Tony converted our barn hayloft into our home, right on the Piney River, 50…

I am a former children’s librarian—and of course a mother. I can’t resist: If you are a new mom, here are my top ten must-have picture books, if you had to choose—which…

. . . wrote parent NMG on Twitter. Her daughter died in the Sandy Hook shooting, December, 2012. "AG, we used to wait for you to come home. Now you…

In my YA novel, (unpublished as of yet) I wrote a scene where I come home to learn that our rabbi and his wife had been beaten by neo-Nazis. I worried…

Cammo and I bonded when she was in that ridiculous cone, recovering from her spaying . Right now she is curled up next to me, our morning routine. She shows…

In the 8 years that I lived in L.A, I fell in love with one house. On a cul-de-sac, it was Hacienda-style, white stucco, ubiquitous red-tiled roof. Besieged by wild…