Writing tips & personal essays about love (& loss), travel, food, beauty & style. Plus my fave how to's that make everyday life easier, simpler—& more fun.
October 2, 2009• General
One day over the summer, while my sister was visiting, I had a brilliant suggestion to save her...
September 30, 2009• General
2 weeks on, 1 week off, lather, rinse and repeat — that is how Alan’s chemotherapy...
September 29, 2009• General
On TV, cancer patients are forever clinging to shiny white toilet bowls, their hair slick with...
September 25, 2009• General
Well, now, here we are, and it’s Friday again. Since Fridays are best for dreaming about what...
September 24, 2009• General
There is a wall in our bedroom that separates our half of the duplex from the neighbor’s...
September 23, 2009• General
Today is the first day of fall, and as much as I love summer, I find myself looking forward to the...
September 22, 2009• General
Saturday night found me driving up the bay to San Francisco to meet a room full of strangers in a...
September 18, 2009• General
I first discovered that Irene sometimes left her front door unlocked some years ago when I’d go...
September 17, 2009• General
Whenever someone asks how Alan is doing, I’m never sure what to say, and specifically, how...
September 16, 2009• General
The other day I was walking through Nordstrom because I remembered that I had a few extra thousand...