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Hindsight is 20/20

Cleaning out some old folders in my desk I came across this essay I wrote in 1992, pre-Lasik, pre-cataracts, when I was […]

I confess. I love a well-placed truly, really, apparently, and only in my writing. Adverbs are important parts of our language. They […]

Courtesy, civility, manners, and all the other niceties that exist to make the world a kinder, gentler place in which to live […]

I love a good mnemonic (you know, the memory device we use to help us remember things.) Like the acrostic HOMES for […]

There’s an old movie with Burt Reynolds and Candace Bergen called Starting Over that was a cult favorite of mine. In it […]

It’s Spring at the Widow Woman’s house and bunnies have laid eggs everywhere. You know I love a good holiday as it […]

It’s been a month of anniversaries all of which converge here. Five years have passed since Scott died and two years have […]

Last week I was so excited to share my amazing musical events with you that I skipped over the epic birthday party […]

Last week I was privileged to be invited to attend two very extreme musical events, both of which turned out to be […]

When I was in 6th grade, a number of us went to Dick Chaplin’s Cotillion in Preston Center, for a half-dozen Friday […]