Evening Class and a Trip to Italy

Originally published June 2009 I love reading Maeve Binchy novels; she is such a great character writer.  I owe her thanks for all of the hours of pleasure she has given me with her writing, as well as for the fulfillment of a dream that came about because of one...

Birth Experience My Way

Originally published May 2009 As I get older and find myself in the phase of my life that experts like Christiane Northrup (The Wisdom of Menopause) claim is the time when women find their “voice”, I thought my outspokenness had just emerged.  I realize now that...

Empty Nest

Originally published June 2009 I guess I’m going through a bit of the “empty-nest syndrome.”  Family members that are in close proximity of me all have things going on that leaves me very much on my own.   Oldest daughter, Erin who lives in California...