What dies inside
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. -Norman …
Category Archives: quote
RBG and the right words
At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. …
Favorite quote on immigration
Great quote, which I copied from Blessed with a Star on the Forehead: “Illegal aliens have always been a problem …
Life is a tease
When the words on a page give me pause, I read them over and over again. I am in awe …
The truth in writing memoirs
I’ve got this one life I’m trying to understand, and as long as I’m trying to understand it, I imagine …
“Becoming” and me
Politics aside, I find the Obama family story to be riveting. It is a story of firsts on many different …
Chocolate quote
This came in the mail from Juice Plus, the company where I buy my chocolate protein shakes. How did they …
Maybe this explains why my head feels so crowded and noisy
Your head is a living forest full of song birds. – e.e. cummings
The change of seasons
What you learn is that each decade brings a new set of challenges but also a new set of possibilities. …
