My husband Jim and I lost our 13-year-old Brittany dog, Rosie, to congestive heart failure two days before my birthday in May 2006. At the time, Rosie was our only dog, and the hole she left in our lives was enormous. She was a very special dog for both of us, but especially Jim. I […]
I have books everywhere. I am one of those dinosaurs who has not graduated to electronic books, and still considers turning paper pages a comforting and enjoyable process. I love getting new books and have trouble parting with books I have read but will never read again and really am not even fond of, because […]
The trouble with being on the road a lot is that I have too much time to think, and I’ve been on the road at least 90 percent of the weekends since mid-March. It wasn’t my fault I was on the road so much — well, it was, but it wasn’t. It’s just that my […]
Holidays feel odd to me. They encourage an intensity of spirit, emotion and physical exertion that no other days of the year do. They heighten anticipation with planned events, and never quite live up to our imaginations. They give us hope, pull at our heartstrings, and let us celebrate or be somber or whatever the […]
