On Being Simply True

  As is evident from the above photo, Miss Maudie was not at all happy with her vet appointment on Monday. We really just went for vaccinati...

  I’m not one to make a big deal of the calendar flip—or actually, I guess, calendar renewal, as I pull one from the wall and replace it wit...

  Day One: "What is this place?" I saw her as I strolled through the San Bernardino City Shelter with a friend. We were looking ...

  It happened. I’ve been waiting patiently for nearly five years. But it finally happened. Maya wagged her tail at me. Yes, of course, she...

  I come from a long line of strong, independent, defiant, flawed women. I see myself in all of them, all the way back to my great-grandmoth...

  Wear sunscreen. Wear. sunscreen. In 1993, I found a mole on my leg that looked scary. When my doc saw it, he said, “That’s coming off ...

The "round toes" of my "high shoes" Old friends... sat on their park bench like bookends A newspaper blown through the g...