A friend recently asked me what I think about when I first wake up in the morning. My reply was…
A few days ago I read an interesting interview with a contemporary Greek iconographer, George Kordis, “The Art of Icon…
I am always thankful for friends who send me links to articles they know I would like. In an effort…
I received several encouraging responses to my (whiny) post last Wednesday. One was from a neighbor (she’s also a member…
First let me say that I try not to whine on this blog. But after a little whining in Wednesday’s…
I’ve been reading Elizabeth Winder’s new biography, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953. The book…
My essay, “Eat, Drink, Repeat,” which was published in The Shoe Burnin’: Stories of Southern Soul, last November, chronicles a…
Unlike today, it wasn’t Friday the 13th. In 1970, June 13 fell on a Saturday. “The Long…
Please forgive me for playing hooky from my blog on Mental Health Monday. We were in Charleston and it was…
This weekend my husband and I will be visiting “the Holy City” (as the locals call it). No, we’re not…