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Safe Harbor
In my field, we are in the middle of tax season. The best news we give to a client is that their money is in Safe Harbor, a special place where part of…
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Belonging to Moonlight and Roses
Recently I read a teenage novel on the recommendation of a friend. It was her favorite high school read and it was lovely, set in the 1950’s. It had lots of the domestic details…
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Saint Valentine’s Day
I have spent a good many of my adult years without a love of my own. But that never stopped me from embracing Saint Valentine’s Day. I fervently believe it can be enjoyed…
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Carrying Her Heart Away
During the war, it was considered un-Patriotic for a Homefront Honey not to care about her appearance. Even Rosie the Riveter wore lipstick while she riveted. Many of the red lipsticks at the…
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Come October
October tugs at my heart more than any other month. It calls to mind school days, plaid skirts, football games, sunshine and comfort foods. Its atmospheric ways stir the soul and put extra meaning…
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Taking Romance
I like Adam Levine. I really do. He’s handsome, kind and soulful, and I like his songwriting and music. Some of it anyway. But I was shocked to find out that a work acquaintance in…
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A Garnet Week
I’ve loved garnets since reading the following passage in Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady: Niel liked to see the firelight sparkle on her earrings, long pendants of garnets and seed-pearls in the shape…
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Love and West Side Story
My flu shot didn’t work this year and so I’ve been sick abed in the Land of Counterpane for days on end. After I read the last two Vogues, more of Molly Peacock’s…
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So nice to come home to…
Please forgive me for indulging myself here. We lost our beloved Buddy, our cat, a few days ago. Even though he was 17, it was sudden and we only had about two hours…
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When a Man Loves a Woman
My favorite painting is the one you see at the right above my profile. It’s called “At Breakfast” and was painted in 1898 by the Danish artist Lauritis Andersen Ring (1854-1933). There are…
