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The Alhambra at night, as seen from the deck of our Granada apartment. I’m just back from a glorious trip to the Andalucia region of Spain. The trip included a brief stint in London, where I got to...
View ArticleA Mother’s Day Gift That’s As Sweet as Chocolate….
but with no calories. In honor of Mother’s Day weekend, my book Ruminations from the Minivan will be on sale for Kindle. It’s offered today at 99 cents. The price will go incrementally up through the...
View ArticleTinto de Verano
I suppose it was inevitable that the vacation glow would wear off, but I was surprised by how quickly it happened. The first day back from our trip, the first sunny day of a week that would reach...
View ArticlePan Bagnat
Recently, I took one of those BuzzFeed-type quizzes to find out what type of sandwich I am. I usually work from home, so most days it’s just me, my dog and two cats. I spend a lot of time at the...
View ArticlePlenty More
For years Jeff and I remarked, not unhappily, that we were in a rut. We had the work/kid/life thing figured out, with occasional grumbling from me about being bored and occasional grumbling from Jeff...
View ArticleOf Kimchi and Colonoscopies
Among my New Year’s resolutions were to get my physical health in order and publish this blog once a month. Mammogram – check. Annual (or, in my case biennial or triennial, but I am turning over a new...
View ArticleWhat would Bertrand Russell say?
Snow geese in the Skagit Valley April already? Before I go any further, I want you to know that I have fulfilled all but one of my New Year’s resolutions. I started and maintained a diet. I had a...
View ArticleA Series of Unfortunate Events
It just goes to show you, it’s always something. I remember the exact moment our luck changed. We were sitting in a Michigan airport getting ready to return home to Seattle when I learned that Paseo,...
View ArticleLaundry, Labneh and Lablabi
Though it may be more satisfying when life imitates art, a person can derive a certain amount of pleasure when the equation goes the other way. Art imitated life in a big way last month the night I...
View ArticleThe Toll Booths on Memory Lane
Four years ago this blog was born on a crisp October night when my husband was on a business trip in Asia, my kids were already becoming well versed in ignoring me and I was thinking about chicken and...
View ArticleMiles to Go Before I Sleep
Still life with icepack Welcome, 2016, from my perch on the love seat in my sun room, where I lay, knee elevated and iced, following an ill-considered evening body circuit class at my neighborhood gym....
View ArticleFoam Rollers, Feminists, and Feeling the Burn
Whatever else you may feel about the current Presidential race, one of the more interesting aspects is where feminism fits in. Many (but not all) diehard feminists (many, but not all of them older)...
View ArticleI Can’t Wait to Read This Book!
Greetings, Slice of Mid-Life friends, I have another blog installment almost ready to publish, but in the meantime I couldn’t resist telling you about my latest discovery. In yet another instance of...
View ArticleStanding out from the Crowd
My father-in-law and I like to read the personal ads in the New York Review of Books. Actually, I like to read them aloud. He humors me by listening. I don’t, as a rule, read personal ads anywhere...
View ArticleBruuuuuuuuce!
I’m sharing a piece I just published revisiting the America Dream through the lens of a Bruce Springsteen concert and presidential politics....
View ArticleAdvocacy and Conflict Around Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Last weekend, the TED Radio Hour devoted its program to psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs. Maslow developed his ideas as part of a 1943 paper on human motivation. Though the...
View ArticleLemonade
I can’t predict how many times I will forgetfully attempt the innocent act of turning on the faucet in the kitchen sink and end up feeling like an urban kid seeking relief during a sweltering summer in...
View ArticleBarack Obama and Me
There’s an urban legend that, in the wee hours of the night, as he works alone, striving for peace, prosperity, equity, and equality, Barack Obama allows himself to snack on seven almonds. Not six...
View ArticleSomething happened
Dear Daughters #1 and #2, You turned 18 and 16 this week — a week for the history books, and one that I hope marks your entry into a lifetime of civic engagement. Thank you, Cupcake RoyaleYou are too...
View ArticleA tale of two women
I know I’m not the only person who planned my court date around lunch —specifically a foray to Seattle’s famed Il Corvo, a handcrafted pasta joint in the downtown judicial corridor that is only open...
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