I am Jewish, not religiously observant, but deeply Jewish nonetheless.  My husband Tom and I attend services on the High Holidays  --...

Warning:  If you are a Trumpie or even an ordinary, well-intentioned Republican (is there such a thing anymore?) you may want to skip...

I often wonder about the career choices that people make in their lives. Are they even really choices or just the path that they were...

Like all of you, or most of you at least, I adore my dog. Her name is Roxie, she’s a 10-year-old mutt, black and fluffy soft, with huge...

We loved the Viking Jupiter from the moment we stepped aboard.  Jupiter has 900 passengers, no kids and a collection of cafes, bars,...

Lately, I’ve wanted to write about our cruise to Chile last November. With happy memories and the heart to communicate lovely times, l...

From early November until the end of the month, my husband Tom and I went on a land and cruise journey to Argentina and Chile, where...

It’s never been as hard for me to write about anything as it is about the fires in my city. They have been raging and spreading for a...

SOME OF THE THINGS I LOVE: 1. Dogs. Especially mine of course. Roxie the Beloved. Also, every single golden retriever on the planet, as...

Oct 11. Life is so totally unpredictable, isn’t it? The morning of October 5th, Tom and I were were walking our adorable pooch Roxie...

“Californians have a special constitutional weakness for new messiahs.” – (Sam Keen -- author and social observer)   I’ve been thinking a...

I can’t remember who said getting old is not for sissies.  Of course, it’s true and naturally I can’t remember who said it.  I do know...

SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS: 1.  Dogs. Especially mine of course. Roxie the Beloved. Also, all golden retrievers, as well as small cuddly...

A week ago my wallet was stolen in Pavilions supermarket. I was shopping there – it’s our favorite local market – and when I opened my...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been hating anything that’s electronic, has wires, buttons that light up, eerie sounds, and...

I always believed that the most depressing city in the world was Calcutta, India, where I spent a few days about thirty years ago.  I was...

Tom and I had just finished dinner with Sarah and Paul, new friends with whom we have connected deeply in a short period of time.  We ate...

"...and I'll tell you what you are." Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin from Philosophy of Taste For most of my adult life, since I moved...

The first week of our Peruvian adventure through the Amazon jungles, the monkeys, alligators, sloths, pink dolphins, bats, anacondas, and...

I’ve always had a fantasy about traveling down the Amazon River.  I don’t exactly know why, except I’m enthralled by animals, birds,...