For the children most of us know, life is easy—- at least compared to the life of a Haitian orphan or Sudanese refugee. Still, an easy life doesn’t mean an escape from emotional pain. Stuff happens, usually things parents never sign up for. That’s what happened to a young mother whose husband is going through […]
The Love Lottery: what women want
Since the first Neanderthal man scratched out a love letter on the wall of his cave, it’s been the source of battles and ballads and books. By now it’s the subject of scientific studies and sociological surveys….. And after all these centuries…… We know far more about the outermost reaches of space than the innermost […]
The "A" list
This week is a big annual happening in our sleepy little area: the A T & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am–a glamour event on the golf tour offering a chance to stare or even mingle with famous golfers and celebrities. For me, mostly this means more traffic. Years ago, my kids thought it was really […]
the Old Blue and the new Yale
Are there still any BMOC? Translated: Big Men On Campus—and it’s not just the acronym that’s dated. If you saw the front page of the New York Times Sunday Style section, you know the shift in the student population (almost 60% female) has shifted social life on campus. At many places, there aren’t […]
Home SWEET Home
People were so taken by those Carmel cottages I posted about recently— I have to share my favorite. If you’re in Carmel, don’t miss it— it’s so tiny, you easily could. There it is, tucked away on the main street in town….a scene right out of a storybook…. Like many local cottages, there’s a quaint […]
Far away….
… .. faded from the headlines—from the hearts and minds of many Americans occupied with pressing problems in Haiti and closer to home. For other Americans it’s still far but not forgotten. Never for an instant can they forget the people they love, separated by continents and conflicts far from home….held close to their hearts. […]
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