For my birthday in 2005, my son, the boy who wants no affiliation to his mother via this website, and as such, will remain unnamed, gave me the just released […]

Whether you’re here for an update on my forthcoming books, or because of similar interests with birth, travel, the Grateful Dead, Kansas City, local politics, surrounding yourself in beauty, or […]

Oh Lord, am I ever outside my comfort zone! I’m on the street in New York City waiting for a bus to take me to a sort of Grateful Dead […]

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 […]