“There are certain shades of blue that make me ache.” In her recent newsletter, this one titled “Shades of Blue (and Something New),”...

As a writer who has NEVER been published in the New York Times, and much more importantly as her grandmother, this is wildly...

There’s a new gathering spot—some might call it a watering hole— that you might not have heard of in Banker’s Hill , my neighborhood in...

A wild , worrisome and wonderful weekend in Los Angeles (our second visit this month) ended for us driving through the last stages of...

If, as Health Fitness Revolution offers, music and specifically attending concerts “is fun and leads to reduced stress levels,” I should...

The sight or smell of a cigarette repels me. Wretched. Disgusting. Downright stinky. Josefina Aguilar, Oaxaca Mexico Curiously, two...

Bill Murray Sighting in Bankers Hill, California Actually, there is no Bill Murray and me. But, in my mind, there’s a Me and Bill Murray....

Since the moment close to two decades ago when I first opened the slender, rectangular white box—minimalist and elegant in...

Ten days after Trump demeaned Brutalist architecture and its heavy imposing aesthetic, I stood in the background as Robert, a man I care...

Girls’ getaway played out riotously, as always. Giddiness, the order of the day. Each day we were together. Giddiness coupled with...

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics has received a monumental $5 million gift from NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany...

Art by Boltax Yesterday, I totally wasted the day. Amazingly, it felt good. I didn’t want to do anything. I didn’t want to work a to-do...

One week into a new year and I think I’m ready to begin. I have recovered from a very short, extremely busy holiday season and a siege of...

Sadly, my local movie house—The Landmark Theater—is closing January 5. I grew up with a neighborhood theater in walking distance of my...

My list of memorable Christmas gifts is long and oh-so-varied topped by a complete surprise of a new automobile—a station wagon—perfect...

·      Angelina Jolie is brilliant as Maria. Oscar-worthy. ·      As he claimed in the film, Aristotle was ugly and filthy rich. ·     ...

Over the years since I lost my loving husband, travel has provided immeasurable amounts of healing. To Marfa with Janice and Frank; to...

Thanksgiving is late this year which gives me time to talk books before talking turkey! Just back from an extraordinary trip to Andalucia...

At last. A bona fide perk of old age. At least for us elders in California. Scarcely able to believe what I was seeing in the San Diego...

On the Autumnal Equinox this year, 2024, I experienced a marvel. Both an architectural and an astronomical marvel. At 6:46, the precise...