Leaning In . . . or Thinking About It

If a friend hadn’t pressed Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In on me, hadn’t insisted on lending me her copy, I wouldn’t have read the book. There’s just so much else to read, after all, and I had…

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Keeping it Real — What I Wore on the Mountain . . .

I must admit that I’ve become increasingly less interested in the Visibility Project, as I’ll call it, on a variety of blogs. Jennifer and I talked about the What I Wore phenomenon when we were…

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Too Depressing for Words? But Let’s Try, Shall We?

ADDED HOURS AFTER ORIGINAL POSTING: JUST  poking my head in to thank you all for your supportive feedback and to assure you that I’m fine now. Have been fine since Monday. Hope that doesn’t make…

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More Portraiture . . .

May I just begin by saying thanks so much for all your supportive and thoughtful comments! Time to just keep on keeping on, I’d say. And despite the potential problems with Anonymous comments — besides…

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Smart Mothers — oh, the pressure!

The most significant benefit my android-powered phone offers me is frequent and easy contact with my kids, particularly in the form of texts, which are often delightfully accompanied by a photo of a granddaughter. I…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.