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...

I can't help but smile when I read William Cullen Bryant's quote about this time of year being a lovely smile. Bookended by Labor Day and...

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...

On Wednesday, November 20 in Dallas, TX I'll be speaking to: Mes Amies (which means “my friends” in French), a 100-member philanthropic...

I'm looking forward to doing another talk for Rancho Bernardo Chapter of Brandeis University at their annual Book and Author Luncheon on...

San Diego Chapter of Pi Beta Phi Luncheon on September 11 at Parc Bistro Brasserie, the French restaurant that is featured in After Goya...

As the holiday approached, I found myself looking back to the past years’ Labor Days and came across something I wrote seven years ago....

In my small circle, July brought forth three baby boys and one very large cucumber. I had nothing to do with birthing the young boys; I...