STUFF–Part One
I’ve been thinking about stuff – the objects we own and that fill the places we live. When we moved…
CELEBRATING LOVE
CELEBRATING LOVE February is the month to celebrate love—Valentine’s Day. It’s a time to send red roses or candies…
GOOD-BYE 2020
The New Year is a time of nostalgia. Especially as I grow older, I’m acutely aware of the passage of…
MY BEAUTIFUL BLUE-EYED FRIEND
On the day of my book launch, my friend Helen, sent me an email with regrets. She wasn’t able to…
LONG ENOUGH
Everywhere I hear rumbles of pandemic fatigue. People are saying: we’ve been cloistered for three months—it’s long enough. I understand—I…
TARGET PRACTICE
Sometimes it’s good to be at the center of things. Sometimes not so much. With COVID, I’m at the center…
PROTESTS IN A PANDEMIC
I came of age in the 1960s—those were my college years. I was in graduate school at UC Berkeley, which was…
ZOOMING
Before this year, Zoom was a useful tool for business meetings. But ever since we have been quarantined, zooming has…
OUR STREETS
I live in downtown Minneapolis, near the Stone Arch walking bridge, which is one of my favorite places to walk.…
FASHION IN OUR TIME
We wear masks now. Our masks are often colorful. Even beautiful. This is the high fashion of our time—haute couture—a…
