The last month and a half of 2020 were an order of magnitude more horrible for me than the entire already horrible year. Husband in hospital with increasingly difficult events,…Continue readingThe Last Latkes
In a few days, it will be two years since I lost my father. Second anniversaries are… odd. It’s still close – it’s still too close. You think back and…Continue readingA loss too near
11 YA Books With Happy Endings I’m not really a fan of everything-will-turn-out-well-in-the-end books, either as a reader or author. In fact, a reader once asked me in exasperation, “Have…Continue readingHappy Endings
Maria Popova has assembled famous definitions of love from 400 years of literary history in a Brain Pickings article just in time for Valentine’s Day. They range from the profoundly…Continue readingDo you know what love is?