From off the wide world webs I don't know about you, Reader, but I find myself cycling through a whole lot of emotions each day be...

Sophie turned 25 years old yesterday. I'm sorry I didn't post about it sooner, but I just couldn't figure out the word...

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

 Yesterday I went to a seminar titled "Empty Nest Syndrome" and learned approximately nothing, but it felt good to si...

I'm up too late, but I've been playing around with this post in my head all day, wondering whether and if I'd write ...

A lot of you have been around, reading the old blog for over a decade, so this may come as a surprise that my Henry is 21 years old toda...

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 was going to just grumble grumble grumble. Grumble about that silly movie Green Room  winning the Oscar for Best Picture ( see my very...

Have ya'll been listening to Jason Lehmbeck's and my podcast? I sure hope you are, but if you're not, you should start today...

Who knew that it would be in Spokane, Washington? My new home is named Gilda, which happens to be my beautiful, now-deceased aunt...

A new podcast is up at Who Lives Like This?! and I think you'll find it intense and interesting. Jason and I talk with Josh Fyman...

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 ...

Today, the FDA announced its approval of GW Pharmaceuticals' Epidiolex, a cannabis-based medicine for epilepsy. As I've writt...

My friend and fellow caregiver, Jason Lehmbeck, and I have launched our passion project, a podcast about and for caregivers of childr...

Last night we had to unexpectedly put our beloved goofy dog Valentine to sleep. The night before last, I was up most of the night with h...

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 ...

Lunch in the neighborhood with my girl today Sophie's doing pretty well. I've been tinkering with her cannabis medicine unde...

I have a feeling that things are going to change. Between the kids themselves stepping up and speaking clearly and demanding account...

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