Heroes are people and people are human
Heroes are people and people are human, this is a distillation of the various thoughts I’ve had as […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
Age related rites of passage, do they exist any more?
(This post originally appeared in a slightly different versionon BlogHer.com as Age-Related Rites of Passage, Do They Exits Any […]
Hey Young Chick on the Texter – A Rant about ...
This rant was inspired by a routine, “Hey, Little Girl on the Cellphone,” by comic, William Stephenson. )I […]
Plans change but the celebration remains
My Thanksgiving was loaded with: gratitude (I have so much to be thankful for), laughter (the side-splitting, jaw-aching kind), […]
A Good Death
(This post first appeared on BlogHer.com)The father of a friend of mine died recently. Here’s how it happened. […]
Free Schools & Dumb People
Free schools and dumb people is one of the favorite sayings of a friend of mine. This phrase […]
Bored or Boring?
In the space of a week, I’ve had three separate people tell me they were bored with nothing […]
A Diamond in Dorchester
I met a young girl waiting on the bus in Dorchester to go to Fields Corner. (Some mornings […]
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are: Friends Lost Along ...
Today I’ve been thinking about friends I’ve lost.Some have passed on and “I’ll meet them on the other […]
I Know a No in Disguise
“A no in disguise.”* I’ll get back to you on that. I don’t have my calendar with me. […]
I Love Fall Most of All
While each of the seasons has its unique beauty, events, and tone, I love fall most of all. Fall […]
The N- (and other colorful) words
(Dear readers, I will occasionally have guest posts that I think are provocative, informative or just plain hilarious. This […]
ADORE-chester
The assignment, should I choose to accept it, was to blog a list of the five top things […]
Feeling Good About Freecycle
Freecycle.org is a website that helps people give and get free items. Joining the service is free. Here’s […]
You’re not my effin friend
I I got caught up in the madness and excited when the first day I signed up on […]
You’re Just Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine
Hats off to Mary J. Blige for the lyrics of her song, Just Fine*, because they capture the […]
I Saw You See Me
I saw you see me and try to act like you didn’t.I could have ignored you, too, and […]
In Praise of Paper Books!
The headline on Boston.com, the Boston Globe’s website, jumped out at me: “Prep school gets rid of all […]