We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable ...

It's just a little piece of bendable metal. For 42 years, the white M on a colored circle has been the wearable token that let you ro...

I'm just gonna cut to the chase. Go to Savannah. I mean it. Get online right now, and make your reservations. Great history and outst...

It's been a while since I've posted about the joys of air travel, so it's time I make a few practical suggestions and remind t...

Today is the last day I'll be working in New York City. For a month. Thanks to technology and a very understanding boss, I'm packi...

It was a weekend of memories and making memories. Raucous laughter and earnest conversation. Sweet snacks, salty snacks, a thousand dips and...

When you get to be my age, a lot of little worries start creeping in that you've never had time to think about before, what with child...

Something I hate to do. Wait. But it's a waiting kind of day, and as long as I have a good book, I can cool my heels anywhere. Unless...

Hooray! Thanks to a generous corporate sponsor, the outdoor pianos are back in New York City. It was a beautiful Saturday, in the 50...

It's a kingdom I rarely visit. There are too many books to read and naps to take to travel very far into the land of Boredom. Just be...

It's the way I don't want to go. Or the way to wear my pantyhose. But when I can't sort something out by looking at it straig...

Is it well-planned or spur of the moment? Do I need a map, do I know the way, or will someone else get me there? How will the journey cha...

  Too much to do. The pieces don't fit together. The words don't flow. Brick walls everywhere I turn. Silly mistakes. Supreme f...

Happy tinged with sad. Bad with a good edge. The cloud with the silver lining/the silver lining with the cloud. Bitter/sweet. Triumphant ...

I'm probably most in danger when I think I'm completely safe. But I don't want to live in constant fear or always on my guard...

Intensity of desire plus the chance of guilt. Give in or walk on by? Depends on whether or not I can live with the guilt. On the other han...

Often, I learn more about myself in the middle of a lot of people than I do alone in wide open spaces. Tolerance of noise and smells, the...

  Just when you think it will never bloom again, there it is - a little red bud. It starts small. With a little water and sunshine it g...

I do my best to be ready for anything. I plan and research and line things up, thinking I'm prepared for any eventuality. Which can...