50 Years with Steve
We were just twenty-two, but somehow we knew/Life would be terrific, if we said “I do.” With Texas backgrounds, we sought East …
Alexander Hamilton
As soon as I “met” Alexander Hamilton as a statue while Celebrating Independence in Philadelphia, I began reading Alexander Hamilton, the 2005 biography by Ron …
Celebrating Independence
As the the Summer Solstice coincided with a full moon for the first time in 49 years, my daughter, grandsons and I …
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 …