Good morning! The picture above is from last night when Carl, Henry, Oliver and I went to Santa Monica and watched the sun go down on 2020...

I read this today from Louise Erdrich's new novel The Night Watchman: And Patrice thought another thing her mother said was defin...

The night before the Empty Nest, as photographed by Leonardo da Vinci  It's official. Sophie and I have an empty nest. I drove ...

Guess what's in the bag? My ex-husband once told me that he thought I was a super-taster or had a super-nose (he's a chef), ...

Surround me, confound me with your boundless love --

I went to visit Henry this afternoon at his new job. He's a server at a funky little place in Venice. Maybe I shouldn't use ...

There I am with what I called 2/3rds of the circus that I run. The work of my heart. Mother's Day came and went. The College Boy is ...

I'm going to tell you about what might happen to siblings of kids with complex medical needs. No matter how conscious you are about ...

Guadalupe Valley, Mexico Bruma Winery But let’s keep our sympathies where they belong — with the powerful and the armed. With those w...

A typical day in The Brother's bedroom First of all, don't worry about it if things go awry. Secondly, don't pat yoursel...

I know most of you who visit here probably feel the same way about the cast of freaks that Drumpf is assembling as his Cabinet. I don...

Sunset, Henry and Oliver Pelican Cove, Rancho Palos Verdes The Bright Day Earth, earth! day, this bright day again—once more ...

That's Sophie sitting in her wheelchair, gazing at trees. She's finally stopped moaning and humming. I'm not sure why she...

The Unknown Level of Dante's Hell: The Neurology Clinic I couldn't possibly not mark The Quarterly $475 Reflex Check with The ...

A relentless southwest wind blows in the Laramie Range of Wyoming. It has blown for eons, scraping the mountains bare of soil, carving o...

I know that's a phrase for Christmas, and I used it on my Christmas cards for over fifteen years, my three children beautiful and p...

Somewhere in Beverly Hills, CA I texted a friend today from the foot doctor's office: This ocean scene with sounds  really make...

So ya'll know that I am the world's least able athlete, have an antipathy toward football that rivals one toward Drumpf and am o...

Dr. Frymann and Sophie, 1997 I learned today that the beloved osteopath who changed Sophie's and my family's life over tw...