Look out! Here come the four months that host the most emotionally charged holidays on the calendar. They cruelly come in succession during a time when daylight hours evaporate and Seasonal [...]
Vice-President Joe Biden recently gave our nation a special whisper. I am not talking about the political announcement concerning his intention not to run for President of the United [...]
I recently read about a form of eco-therapy practiced in Japan called Shinrin Yoku. Literally, this Japanese name describes the ritual of “taking in the forest atmosphere”. The [...]
I can’t imagine my life now without my whispers. A 1977 whisper turned me into a best friend, a wife and a mother. That was good. But 15 years later, a loud and frightening whisper left me a [...]
David, I know you are watching. Please be with me during my surgery and help me not to be scared. My half-opened eyes nervously squinted back in the mirror. That morning in the pre-dawn chill of [...]
I have a “wings” event coming up soon—my 62nd birthday. It won’t be like my 60th party where I took it over the top with tiaras and jewels. Mimicking the event across the pond when the Queen of [...]
I have not traveled internationally for quite awhile and I quickly found out how much things had changed on my trip to Toronto, Canada. As a young girl, I first left the United States with my [...]
After crouching on a lime-green foam kneeling pad, he pushed with all of his might against the 6’x6’ thick concrete cover. A long wooded pole that was going to be used as a dipstick lay on the [...]
Paint wears off. Lacquer chips. Stain fades. But underneath them all, the truth resides Oblivious to its future strength, a seedling sprouts and blindly pushes through the soil. Its new leaves [...]
Bears do “it”. Some rodents do “it”. The fat-tailed dwarf lemur of Madagascar does “it”. And I have done “it” too. What is “it”? Hibernation! This state of inactivity in the animal kingdom lowers [...]