Twitter is gobbling up eyeballs as fast as newspapers are losing them. Everyone from Facebook to Google supposedly wants to buy it; the Kutcher/King feud made headlines; even the State Department treats Twitter with respect. Although people question whether Twitter is earning any money, it’s earned its legitimacy. What’s going on in Iran represents a sea change in the […]
Oh say can U.C.?
My first child was two days old when my father started discussing where Alli would go to college. And he never stopped talking about it. He was intense. When she turned out to be precocious, his predictions got more intense—it was Ivy League all the way. This wasn’t unpredictable. He’d been equally intense with me. Only I […]
beach buddies
I’m so lucky to live in such a beautiful place. No matter what’s going on in my life, walking by the beach makes me feel better. I try to get there every day. I don’t always get there. Sometimes I’m busy— or just lazy. Since Carmel is Dogpatch USA, Daniel wants me to get a dog. He […]
Happens Every Day
Unfortunately– and sadly—it does. What Happens Every Day is divorce, in particular the unraveling marriage and divorce of Isabel Gillies, who wrote this book I just read. The cover calls it “an all too true story.” It’s the flip side to the fairy tale, a fact of life for half of us. When there are children involved, how […]
changing of the guard
So when exactly did my son start worrying about my state of mind? Does this mean the circle of life is moving even faster than I thought? There comes that time in every family when the relationships do a 180 and suddenly there is a changing of the guard. I saw it the other […]
a round trip
Driving from Monterey to Los Angeles and back—I’ve done this round trip countless times. Yet it felt different somehow. On the way home, my CD player breaks a few miles out of L.A. In the middle of the state, there isn’t much on the radio that isn’t religious or Spanish—so I have almost 5 hours—alone with my thoughts. […]
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