It took me over 15 years to complete Against the Grain, my debut novel about how a small act of desegregation ripples through a community...

Thor, the unofficial Mayor of the corner of Whelan and Oneida, has died at age almost 11 years. He died on February 26, 2021 of liver...

8 year old daughter wants eggs for dinner. Mayhem ensues.

You don’t need me to tell you what dismal, scary times we live in. As March roared in like a lion, my favorite presidential candidates...

They waken from their tryptophan slumber, their reckless football dreams, the raking of old leaves and face themselves alone in the...

The chemotherapy was the worst of it. How would I get through this? Some suggested visualization – to see myself on a serene isle, or...

Is it my imagination or has the Pink Ribbon circus set up fewer tents this year? Maybe breast cancer survivor identity recedes more and...

Notable Greek-American Dr. George Papanicolaou did not win a Nobel Prize in Medicine, though he was nominated several times. He got a 13...

What if you had more than one vote to cast? I think you do. I’m a professional fundraiser and I’ve worked in the nonprofit sector my...

(Police squad car pulls over a car with a broken tail light. The two officers address the driver of the car.) “Did I do something wrong,...

Super Bowl 50 is happening right down the road from me. It’s bad enough that it’s disrupting the already bad commutes well in advance of...

Owen Labrie doesn’t need 11 years in prison—but he needs something more than a gap year of service. Whether he ever gets to go on to an...

I’m having a birthday soon and birthdays always bring introspection. I’m still a working girl and will be for some time, but my thoughts...

Fathers—it’s how women first get to know about men. They are the first Y chromosome introduced into our lives, and they invoke...

Thanksgiving Pie Chain Letter Dear Friend, You have been selected to receive this chain letter because of something you did somewhere,...

(Cue the music – “Park Avenue Beat” by Fred Steiner) In the name of marriage and companionship, I sat through every episode of the Perry...

If you want to read Moby Dick, there are some great boats and shipmates for you, especially for you greenhorns who don’t know yet what ye...

I’m on a pilgrimage in Cape Cod Massachusetts – Falmouth, New Bedford, Nantucket—and I’m reading Moby Dick again. It’s the 5th time....

I did not seek Pope John Paul II’s approval, nor do I think he would have chosen me to represent the ideals of Vatican II. But I was...