Fun on Board!
As a public service and for the convenience of those who like to get a head start on their holiday shopping, I have…
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Recent Posts
My friends
It pleases and flatters me beyond words that I have friends who are as smart, thoughtful and engaging as they show themselves to…
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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…
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Inspiration
I think that everyone watches movies, reads books and listens to songs and thinks at times, “I love that.” Likewise with looking at…
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Guns drawn in downtown LA
Couldn’t sleep. Sitting curbside at an all-night cafe in Downtown LA eating messy, mediocre chicken wings. An LAPD sergeant stands a few feet…
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When the US Navy’s first black female captain fell off her chair and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff helped her up
(Warning: Contains coarse language.) The news last week brought word of the death of the retired Air Force General David Jones, who served…
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Julia Child and the Boudin Blanc Problem
It’s no secret that Julia Child is one of my life’s crowning figures. She ignited my passion not just for cooking but also…
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Felines within our gates
There’s something about cats. There’s something about them that causes many of us to ooh and aah, to want to touch them, to…
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My wedding
On October 10, 2008, the Governor of California married Calvin Phelps and me. That transaction was legal back then, though within several weeks…
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When I told Leo Buscaglia I loved him
Chicago, February 1986. I was selling men’s shoes at Marshall Field’s Water Tower Place store on Michigan Avenue. Back then the Trib included…
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