I was among friends the other night when someone brought up the new tech term “twitter.” I took aspirin from my purse, held my jam-packed head in my hand and asked with faint brainwaves, “what on earth is that?” Not another high-tech something-or-other, I thought, and was … [Read more...]

It’s just one more reason in a long list entitled “how I know I’m getting old.” Even though I promised myself I would never do it, I have started comparing my childhood to my children’s and saying things like “you don’t know just how good you have it,” and “back in my day…” and … [Read more...]

My turn. Finally. After eight years of being a guest in someone else’s home, eight years of pushing food around on a pilgrim-adorned paper plate, after eight years of my aunt’s tongue-curling pumpkin pie and that colorless sludge my mother-in-law calls gravy, I was hosting my … [Read more...]

It happened on Tuesday evening – if you missed it, well, I’m so sorry, because, gosh knows when it will happen again. Sort of like a leap year or a total eclipse of the Sun, but when PERFECT HAIR DAY does happen, why it’s phenomenal. There I sat at the Mexican place downing … [Read more...]

Being stuck in an airport or on a plane for twelve hours straight isn’t a curse. It’s a test to see just how easily entertained you are. How many obscure things do you notice simply because you have nothing else better to do? While on the plane everyone notices right away that … [Read more...]