Bill, Hillary, and The Rest of Our Lives
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Dominique Browning’s article in last Sunday’s New York Times is one of the boldest, frankest, truest, and most encouraging accounts of getting older that I’ve ever read. Correction: it’s one of the best essays on how to live that I’ve ever read. Here’s just…
A wren flew into my house not long ago, through a door I unwisely left open. The little thing was banging around the sunroom, panicking – and I was too. I called my neighbor, Elizabeth Hawkins, who came right over to…
My Inner Bon Vivant often has to play second fiddle to those divas Responsibility and Anxiety… but not always. (Oh dear – am I sounding like E.L. James?) I’m dropping everything this Wednesday, August 12th at 6:30 to go to…
Mary Jo Shankle has checked a lot of important things off the list: kids situated in college, screened-in porch built, Extreme Volunteer Commitments wrapped up (for now). In the last 6 months, she’s focused on her health – and you…
Laura Cooper manages three sons, a husband (currently running for City Council, see johncooperforcouncil), and three dogs. She also manages to read widely, think deeply, and consider the big picture: why are things as they are? Today, I’m delighted to feature…
It’s pretty helpful to have a twin along for the joyride that is middle school, especially one who can help you figure out how the other half thinks! My niece and nephew have each other’s backs. This past week, they gave…
You’ll quickly learn how little you know about anything, including how to talk about it. I’m being schooled regularly by my own teenagers when they aren’t too salty to have a conversation. Getting a new iphone 6? Hype! The way…
A woman long dead – marvelous and bold and complicated – is the subject of Paula McLain’s new novel, Circling the Sun. Read this book if you want to spend more time in Paula McLain’s company (The Paris Wife). I wouldn’t blame…
Monica McDougall is just back from an Out West adventure: two weeks, two families, two RV’s, too much fun! (One painful, beautiful book – more on that later.) They saw the sights – Mount Rushmore, Old Faithful, the “World Famous Corn Palace”…