Thirty years ago today, I was running an important meeting at work; as the PR director for The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, I was in charge… Read more “30 Years Ago Today”
No Mansplaining in MY Home!
I am the most important being on Earth. Just ask Bathsheba and Kitty. My cat and dog. Or, as I’ve come to call them, my Entourage. Kitty… Read more “No Mansplaining in MY Home!”
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
A funny thing happened to me on April 2, 2001, kind of a belated April Fool’s joke: My neurologist told me I had multiple sclerosis. For weeks… Read more “It Was 20 Years Ago Today”
Spring is a New Beginning
I woke up very late this morning, luxuriating in a rare Saturday-morning sleep-in after a rare late Friday night, planning my day, my list of tasks long… Read more “Spring is a New Beginning”
Clueless
One year ago today, the staff of The Mark Twain House & Museum met in our 176-seat auditorium to address the fact that this COVID-19 thing was… Read more “Clueless”
Hangnails & Papercuts
Well, dear readers, it’s been a long time. Let me explain. Sometimes you’re all gung-ho about a blog and keep at it for a few months and… Read more “Hangnails & Papercuts”
Sometimes Nothing can be a Real Cool Hand
For five years, now, I’ve been going and pushing and running myself so ragged I can barely breathe. It had to be that way, and I loved… Read more “Sometimes Nothing can be a Real Cool Hand”
Very Superstitious
Are you superstitious? I am, and always have been. Not in walking-under-a-ladder sense; I mean, I OWN a black cat, for Pete’s sake. But all my life,… Read more “Very Superstitious”
Turn, turn, turn
I have never been a big fan of winter. In fact, for many years, the very thought of it depressed me, and I can remember many winters… Read more “Turn, turn, turn”
For Granted
A few weeks ago one of my Facebook friends posted, for reasons I can’t recall, photos of Hugh Grant as a young man and as he looks… Read more “For Granted”