>The democratization of patronage. That’s what my friend, the very gifted writer, Scott Morris, calls the new kind of patronage…
>Some of you have been wondering why I haven’t written about Mom lately. I still visit her at the nursing…
>Thanks to Rich Zakka, my New York friend who lived in Memphis for a while, I discovered a family treasure…
>Today is the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (Saint Photini) in the Orthodox Church. Father Paul Yerger of Holy Resurrection…
>An op ed piece in Wednesday’s New York Times, “The Vatican Comes Up Short,” speaks to the disappointing, inadequate guidelines…
>We found this silky, knit thingy under the seat in the Jeep Liberty we rented to take everything down to…
>Hey, I’m off on a day trip to Jackson (Mississippi) to visit my mom, so no time for a new…
> Artwork: The Title Lobby Card From Renoir’s 1947 Film “Woman On The Beach…” A few days before our daughter’s…
>Just got home from Seagrove Beach last night, having been away for two weeks, so it’s a good thing today…
> Hop on over to Jane Friedman’s Writers Digest blog, “There Are No Rules,” for my guest post today:“Organizing a…