I heard a box drop onto the front porch and looked out the front door to see what it was. It seemed innocuous but I knew what was inside....

Many times in my childhood, we were reduced to splashing around in a blown up wading pool. My brother Jake recently told me a story that...

As what was left of Xerxes’ hair hit the floor, little did he know this would transform his life. He went from being an attractive black...

Many apologies for my absence over the last three weeks. I had a knee replacement two weeks ago and have only just emerged from the fog...

I was freelancing, writing, and managing a range of marketing projects, from brochures to annual reports and other such company projects....

Elizabeth, Perry and Philippe on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. We met our French friends, Elizabeth and Philippe,...

My mother could be generous of spirit, funny and kind. Her alter ego, especially as she aged, was a narcissistic curmudgeon, a...

Perry and I bought a very modern ceiling fan for our living room. A pair of electricians came by to install it. They spoke not a word of...

"Now let's see. Dollywood or Nashville, which should it be?

I always thought Joe was kind, funny and smart. Granted he was no beauty; these other factors surely overrode his looks, didn’t they? I,...

Looking back, my dating career can only be described as, well, checkered. Sure, there were some good guys along the way, but there were...

I looked in the mirror and singled out a gray strand amongst my full head of glossy brown hair. I pulled it, wincing, not because it hurt...

We bought our house in Arlington, Virginia, in 1986, a cottage with a lovely front porch. The previous owners disliked the house and...

Derek was American but had been raised until his teens in England. This gave him a certain panache along with a slight English accent....

In the 1970s and 80s, it wasn’t as easy to move jobs as it is today. You were expected to be in a position for at least two years to...

Air Florida Flight 90 passengers being rescued by helicopter. Photo by U.S.A. Today It was a dark, snowy January afternoon in 1982 when...

After my recent post about Nico, I came across this photo of him, pouting on the porch because there are no dogs, children, strollers,...

Three months ago, we lost our 13-year-old Pekingese, Nico. The vet came to the house to put him down, and we chose his favorite space,...

Our Boston Terrier Elwood doesn’t bark much but this afternoon he stands on a chair and barks ferociously out the front window. I get out...

I’m lying in the hospital recovery area after surgery to remove a cyst the size of an English pea that had been leaning on my nerve....