Margaret and Me
Nine years ago my friend Margaret Lampe began telling me stories of her remarkable family and I began writing them down. In …
Kahlo, Rivera, Kingsolver
The current exhibit of artworks by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at Nova Southeastern University Museum in Fort Lauderdale reminded me of …
My Friend Elizabeth
What a joy it was for me to write a letter in support of my dear friend Elizabeth Lodal’s nomination for 2015 …
Lazarus: Life, Death, Faith
The Lazarus Project: a Novel by Aleksandar Hemon was the book I happened to be reading when we got the news that Steve’s sister …
In Memory of Karen
Our family was greatly saddened by the death of Steve’s sister Karen on December 6, 2014. What a shock! We had just …
Counting Blessings
How fortunate we were this Thanksgiving to have quality time with David, Leslie and our twin granddaughters, while Lilli, Shelby, Sean and …
Halloween Fun
Halloween is great fun with little kids around. This year, Steve and I were in Cambridge with Violet, Lilli and their friends …
Yosemite National Park
Steve and I usually spend months planning our trips, but this time, lucky us, we left the planning to his sister Karen …
Big D Stereotypes
My parents grew up in Lewisville, Texas, 24 miles north of Dallas, in the early 1900s. “Big D,” then a city of …
Visit to Berlin
How much can one do in only four days in the capital of Germany? We arrived August 17 from Scotland and departed …