Is God a Magician? This is the kind of thing that makes me nuts and makes me wonder “What were they thinking?”: the story about the Arizona priest who used the word “We” in “We baptize you”, rather than the “I” mandated by the Vatican (it’s supposed to be “I…

Day 2: I wake up with what looks like a sixth toe OK, so go back to last night. These were my shoe choices, and because I was going to Royal Albert, I wore my fancier pair. That’s right, the black booties are my fancy shoes. #NoManolos #The anti-CarrieBradshaw So…

Popular Sayings That Are The Worst Advice In The World For Marginalized People When will the positive thinkers of the world give up trying to ruin other people’s lives? When will we stop practicing this faux Zen Buddhism of “let it go“? Riled up today by this poster in my…

I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. There are some unexpected upsides to the poor. For book club, we read the book “Nomadland” and watched the movie of the same name starring Frances McDormand, about an older woman who copes with difficult financial circumstances by living in her van and…

Show, don’t tell: A critical step to moving forward on gun control The Washington Post published my letter to the editor this morning, in support of a growing movement to show the reality of gun violence by publishing pictures (with the parents’ permission, of course — only if they consent)…

Here’s my perfect day: St. Dunstan’s to Tate to the Globe to the Swan. So Kathie’s first full day in London, we hit the ground running. After a morning stop by St. Dunstan’s in the East, a beautiful and peaceful oasis in the heart of the City, we walk the…

Do you have a forever friend you love too? So this is where I introduce my friend Kathie, whom I have known for 55 years. Our friendship is an arranged one, engineered by our mothers, and like many tactics dreamt up by an older generation, it has its value. Kathie…

I Couldn’t Force Myself to Date in London, Not Even For the Sake of This Blog Okay, truth time now. I went to London with tentative plans to date 2 different men I had met on Blues Match, a so-called “selective” dating app, that mostly seems to have men who…