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Tapestry
Tapestry A few years ago my husband’s college roommate Ken invited us to join him on a trip to Normandy. I had a bit of a [...]
Why Virginia Woolf Landed Me a Client
The best college for you is the one that wants you to be there. ... choose the "wrong" major if it resonates with you.
I’m Game, You?
“When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust man less on the same amount of income”. Said by [...]
Six in the City: A Year in the Life
The year: 1957-1958. I was six and my sister was eight when our parents told these two San Francisco-born California girls [...]
The I Hate to Cook Book
My mother was not much of a cook. She made dinner every night for 30 years (except for the occasional restaurant meal), and [...]
Parlez-vous Francais?
Parlez-vous Francais? When I retired after my long and happy career as a New York City high school librarian I had many [...]
Damn you, autocorrect!
Autocorrect makes me crazy, always trying to improve on my pretty-perfect spelling. Like substituting the word [...]
Becoming a Journalist — Lightning Rod or Seismograph?
I wanted to capture the roaring, rude dynamism of the late ‘60s and early '70s, a world in flux – not as it appeared from a [...]
Homespun Hero
My father had a challenging childhood, the youngest of eight children. His mother was bipolar, long before there was [...]
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