No, I'm not getting married or pregnant or publishing my book. I got nothing as far as life-shattering events to share with you. I AM ...

Let’s start with hummingbirds. That beauty has nested right outside of Sophie’s bedroom window. Eye level. I saw it hovering around the othe...

  I took that screen shot the night before last as I sat watching and listening and weeping and smiling through Realm of Caring’s tribute fu...

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  I Tonight I made a beef stew. I poured a bit of oil into a heavy pot and waited for it to get hot. While I waited I put a bit of flour in ...

  She was born on a cold New York City winter night and made me a mother. She has shaped me, taught me nearly everything of significance tha...

  I haven’t been in these parts for a good long time, and I’ve got nothing. I would say that I’d sort of hit a wall, but I think I hit it a ...

  [medical photo of an eyeball on a computer, green and orange with a fringe of eyelash]                     My retinal specialist/surgeon t...

The eye is healing, and I am grateful for that. The “bubble” is slowly dropping and my two eyes are working better together, but I still can...

  The good news is that I was in the hands of a very capable retinal specialist who was able to repair a tear in my retina yesterday morning...

  Who among us — the myopics — knew that we walk around with elongated eyeballs whose vitreous can dissolve or liquefy, and in so doing pull...

  Tonight I watched a recording of a lecture titled "The Vulva's Pilgrimage: Understanding Medieval Genitalia Badges." I bough...

I’ve sat down about twenty times this past week, intent on writing   something anything   but then I just don’t. What is there to say? Why s...