My goodness me. How fortunate we are here in Boston to have excellent hospitals! Today I had an appointment at Massachusetts General Brigham. This appointment […]
Latest Thoughts on Sweden
I’ve been posting on Facebook so friends can follow my latest adventures … “Old age is no place for sissies,” Bette Davis said, and my […]
Soon, Off to Sweden
I’m going to travel to Sweden in three days. Jet travel becomes so much more complicated as we age. My plan is to fly Icelandair […]
How Becoming a Grandmother Turned Me into an Activist
The birth of my first grandchild changed the way I approach the world. As the months passed, I realized Juliette’s life would be a treacherous obstacle […]
Not on Substack …
As you may have already noticed, this blog is not on Substack. My choice. Substack intimidates me. So much going on in the world. So […]
Another Review Published
Thirty West published a review I wrote in “Afterimages.” I met the author during an online course organized by One Story, a decade ago, and […]
Smorgasbord
Snow and ice. Ice and snow. Upside-down world with Trump cozying up to Putin. People are slowly waking up to the coup. Bernie Sanders is […]
Bottom Line on What’s Going On
It’s hard to write anything constructive while a coup is taking place. Every morning, I call our two senators, Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey, as […]
Thinking about Immigration
Hard not to think of all the people who are being uprooted by Trump’s nefarious policies right now, across the United States. When I lived […]
Read, Read, Read
Arlington, Massachusetts, where I live, is a community with many residents who are professional writers. It’s not unusual to hear pedestrians talking about books or […]