It's a New Day
In the 2007 movie, Freedom Writers, Hilary Swank’s character tapes a line down the middle of the room. When I think about lines...
The True Secret of Youth
In January of 2015, I said goodbye to my faithful dog, Mocha, after 14 years together. She helped me raise my children. I looked after...
Scavenger Hunt: Finding Myself
On Easter Sunday, I watched my family scramble madly in search of elusive clues that would take them to their bag of ammunition – a bag...
Terroir: A Sense of Place
“Memories don’t have an address,” I told my father one afternoon several years ago. He was grappling with deciding whether to sell the...
Stuck in the Middle
Fortified with several glasses of excellent Pinot Noir, the assurances of a friend, and a sense of bravado, I walked into the circus (aka...
Mirror, Mirror
I find it amusing how our most significant Ah-ha moments come at the oddest times. As a houseguest at a friend’s home last weekend, I...
Sorosis: Women's Clubs & Jell-O Salad
In August of 2004 I walked the section with my mother-in-law. If I had been in California, I might have said I walked the neighborhood,...
The Tangible Weight of the Intangible
“They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles...
Chicks, Flicks & Politicks
My husband counts the dog when we have a girls vs. boys discussion in our home. He’s adapted quite well over the years to being...
The Gentlest Person Who Ever Threw A Brick
In 1951, the former mayor of Cincinatti introduced Louise Noun as the "the gentlest person who ever threw a brick." Noun, a feminist and...