• I heard Taylor Swift singing backup. Rounding the corner, I saw the main event. My daughter and her daughter were enjoying a Christmas gift with [...]

  The Song Goes On

  December 27, 2021
• In the midst of all the preparations for Christmas, one of my favorite activities is watching the grands perform in their long-prepared [...]

  Fa-La-La-La-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum

  December 20, 2021
• We sat together under the starry sky, the calm and quiet adding to the intimacy of conversation. I gazed around the table at faces I hadn’t [...]

  The Friendship Factor

  December 16, 2021
• It wasn’t my finest hour. One of my daughters had come into town for a day, an opportunity that’s always a delight because she lives [...]

  When Words Are Weapons

  December 13, 2021

• One of my favorite Christmas traditions is watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, where some of the sweetest dialogue happens among [...]

  When You Have Something To Say

  December 9, 2021