I know it is hard for some of you, darlings, to walk on the sunny side of the street because life is not always a bowl of cherries. It is complicated. I am fully aware that some women handle adversity better than others. We are all fragile at certain times for different reasons. I walk […]

My dog, Orchid, made my heart sing. She spent many of her waking hours with me. She was always at my side when I wrote my musings. She was my little partner. She died in my arms, with her huge black eyes looking into mine, kissing my hand as the doctor ended her life, in […]

When I was in my 20s, my girlfriend, Carolyn, dropped a little paperback book off at my home. It was “Gift from the Sea” by Anne Morrow. It wasn’t my birthday; the gift was purely a gift of friendship. Little did either of us know that the book would still be sitting on my nightstand […]

I hope you know that I write to you openly and from my heart. Aging is humbling for everyone. We have to work hard at embracing aging gracefully. Today, I am sharing my perception of how we can embrace our age with aplomb, self- confidence and assurance.  These are my five essential tools to age […]

Our soft-coated Wheaton Terrier, Orchid Good, met her trainer, Don Sullivan when she was two months old. She is now eleven and had the surprise of her life last week when she was reunited for the first time in eleven years with her trainer, better known as Don the DogFather. This is a story of […]