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...

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...

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...

Two-thousand miles in seven rollicking days. We are firm believers in St. Augustine ’s adage “The world is a book and those who don’t...

I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer...

Existential questions like this over an extended period of time led me to re-imagine my office recently. My corner office. Before you get...

I think we writers are a most supportive group. Big time fans of one another's work! David Reed is a guy whose writing is beyond...

Athleisurewear . . . Fit. Fit. Fit . . . Cargo pants. Crop Tops. Joggers . . . Tank Tops. T-shirts. Hoodies . . . Sports Bras....

It’s fascinating how one person’s seemingly innocent gesture can affect another person in unknown and unexpected ways. There’s a house on...

The older I get the more important it is for me to go home. Home to Texas home where my youth played out. Where my girl hood launched....

Harvest time. Not fruits of my bygone Camelot, Lush wine grapes Juicy oranges. Instead, the modest kumquat Is sought From my hillside...

After multiple crunch time plane excursions, the idea of getting in an automobile and traveling north from San Diego had great appeal....

This Texas girl turned Southern Californian experienced an Autumn to remember days ago on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina. My...

Three minutes, at most. I pulled into the designated dry cleaners parking spot fifteen feet away from the establishment in the Trader...

We were together at twilight time. As we strolled, holding hands after Cadillac margaritas and carne asada fajitas at our neighborhood...

My friend Bess spoke wistfully the other day saying “I wish there were more days in July…” As the month ends and August approaches, that...

One day recently, I spent more time in my kitchen than I have collectively over the last six years. It began around my birthday in May....