Back in the early 80’s, I left a violent marriage and was on my own with a six year old and two part time jobs. I responded to this change...

This year was the first time in a long time we haven’t had an invitation to M’s house for Thanksgiving. M had for years been holding Thank...

A few of the many things to be thankful for, this year: Neither of my cats has wandered off and got lost, like last year . My fami...

Since John and I hold season tickets to the LSU women’s gymnastic team meets, we get invited every year to an event at which the team memb...

There is been a lot of talk since the election about how Mitt Romney’s supporters, some of them anyway,  seem to have been blindsided by h...

Update on the home folks in New York: My sister still has her house guests and no kitchen, and even though her power is back on, she h...

I know I have said this before: I grew up on Long Island. I still have family there. My sister lives on the south shore a few miles from w...