I don’t really like poetry, but I do love my son’s. He’s in competition with me on who gets published first. He’s winning. I can’t believe I grew this child, […]

A friend visited yesterday and noticed this photograph from 2006 hanging on the wall in my foyer. She asked if the “girl” in the photo was my son’s girlfriend. I […]

I’m thinking of developing my own app. An old-fashioned matchmaking service called MASH: Mothers Against St*pid H*sbands. Who knows, I might be the next Mark Zuckerberg, AND, find the son-in-law […]

Dear Friends and Family, It’s been 2½ years since we left Kansas City, and DC finally feels like home. That’s probably because we moved. Again! I thought we’d stay in […]

The Things I See On My Daily Walk: On the way over to my daughter’s apartment, after guilting her into walking my 4 miles with me. Hey, why would I […]

Almost 35 years ago, my childhood girlfriend from the time I was 2, Laurie Rooney, died an unexpected death at the age of 20. At the time I was 20 […]

Well, well, what do you know? Finally, a true version of me is in the news. This time, in New York’s daily newspaper, today’s edition of Newsday, page 28. As […]

My offspring, Tara and Andrew: Happy to be visiting their grandma in Florida, not so happy to be photographed by their mother. 2nd photo is of a medieval patch of ground […]

My little self in 1977, standing in the parking lot of Faircove dorm in Salem, WV. This is the place where I met my man of 33 years. Who knew?