Marriage, My Husband and Certain Republicans
An editorial appeared in a Tulsa newspaper several weeks ago and it caught my eye. The topic was same-sex marriage. Of course it…
Read MoreAn editorial appeared in a Tulsa newspaper several weeks ago and it caught my eye. The topic was same-sex marriage. Of course it…
Read MoreI think that everyone watches movies, reads books and listens to songs and thinks at times, “I love that.” Likewise with looking at…
Read MoreCouldn’t sleep. Sitting curbside at an all-night cafe in Downtown LA eating messy, mediocre chicken wings. An LAPD sergeant stands a few feet…
Read More(Warning: Contains coarse language.) The news last week brought word of the death of the retired Air Force General David Jones, who served…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that Julia Child is one of my life’s crowning figures. She ignited my passion not just for cooking but also…
Read MoreThere’s something about cats. There’s something about them that causes many of us to ooh and aah, to want to touch them, to…
Read MoreOn October 10, 2008, the Governor of California married Calvin Phelps and me. That transaction was legal back then, though within several weeks…
Read MoreChicago, February 1986. I was selling men’s shoes at Marshall Field’s Water Tower Place store on Michigan Avenue. Back then the Trib included…
Read MoreAfter my suicide attempt last October I made a choice, and that was not to keep it a secret. Only one person –…
Read MoreMama died five Aprils ago. I still wonder a little if she arranged her demise so close to Mother’s Day just to spite…
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