This time next week, Howard and I will have a half-empty nest. I guess the optimistic would say it’s half-full! Matthew leaves for Caltech on Sunday, leaving his sister (a high-school freshman) at home with just two parents, two dogs and two cats. Everyone has been asking me how I feel about it… but I… [Continue]

As usual, summer is flying by. My daughter has returned from sleep-away camp, but my son has left on a road trip. I am on the last few pages of “The Mermaid Chair” by Sue Monk Kidd. I am really enjoying it. I also liked her earlier book “The Secret Lives of Bees.” What you… [Continue]

On Saturday we returned from a whirlwind two-week Italy vacation. One of the highlights was watching the Italian team win the quarter-final and the semi-final soccer games to make it to the World Cup finals. Swept up in the excitement, we were thrilled to see them win on Sunday (from our home in California) although… [Continue]

I hope you enjoyed your Mother’s Day, either with your children, or your mom, or both! It’s a perpetual problem at our house, with a mother, a mother-in-law, and a step-mom … who spends the day with whom? Next year my mom and I are going to celebrate on Saturday, leaving Sunday free to be… [Continue]