As a person who loves words and has dedicated many years to verbal expressions of all kinds, this may be a first: a personal declaration that sometimes one single sentence can be enough for a lifetime. While growing up the men in my life included my father, two grandfathers and
Where the Name Comes From Long before I ever had the gloriously life-altering experience of first setting foot on French soil, I fell in love with the Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Written in installments for a London periodical it weaves a harrowing story of love, desperation,
Finding My “Safe Place” — And a Life Lesson from The Horsewoman The gentle rhythm of hooves ambling through the barn; the whickers of “horse talk”: greeting, recognizing, staking claim; the fragrance of hay and fresh wood shavings in stalls – sensory images and impressions that take me to my
Every Sunday when The New York Times arrives on our doorstep, the first section I look for is the “Book Review.” Always thought-provoking, often both esoteric and broad in scope, the “Book Review” never fails to pique my interest with a new author, a fresh publication, or an old classic