Women’s Suffrage
The Lucy Burns Museum in Lorton, Virginia, tells the remarkable story of Lucy Burns and Alice Paul and six months that changed history. …
Art by Women
Trailblazing artists who happened to be women were the subjects of an astonishing exhibit last winter at the Norton Museum of Art …
Remembering Wayne
On this Memorial Day I want to honor the memory of my father-in-law, Wayne Smith, who was born May 25, 1917, and who …
Interfaith Breakfast
On May 18, I attended an Interfaith Breakfast sponsored by Habitat for Humanity at Temple Torat Emet in Boynton Beach. We sang songs, …
Lowland = High Impact
I first met two of the main characters in this novel, Subhash and Udayan Mitra, almost three years ago, when the first chapter …
Hello South Florida
After saying farewell to Arlington in October, I put aside blog writing in order to settle into our new house, visit my …
The True American
The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas by Anand Giridharadas is a gripping account of a horrible crime in Dallas almost 15 years …
Brown College 50th Anniversary
Rice University has no sororities or fraternities, seeking instead to foster gracious living at residential colleges, each with a complement of Resident, Faculty, and …
Rice Homecoming 2015
Steve and I journeyed to Houston November 12 – 15 for his Class of ’65 Golden Reunion. It was also our son David’s …
Sailor, Sinner, Stargazer
It took me 16 years to get around to this book and another 16+ hours to read it, but discovering a remarkable female …