The word "Mean" has several definitions in the English language. It does a lot of heavy lifting and can be used as a verb, adject...

Heather and I, 1967. I recently took an eight-week class/session on Writing Through Loss through Mission Hospice (where Heather was in hosp...

  Heather in Hawaii around 2009, maybe? My sister —my beautiful, baby sister — died on January 28 this year.  I've been wondering how or...

When composing a document, whether it's an email to a friend or the next chapter in your own version of the Great American Novel, it...

  One of the cool things about using the Libby library app is how it suggests books and authors for you once it gets to know what you're...

In my search for books to listen to, I sometimes run into duds (recently sent three books back to Libby before I finished them because the n...

Back in 2010, I went to a function at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena that was part of a tour called the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour. It w...