This Wonderful Life: When in doubt, turn to Oprah
When you turn 50, you
get an invitation to join
AARP.
When you turn 40, you
get a note that says, ``Just
shut up now, and do what
Oprah tells you.’’
August 13, 2009
This Wonderful Life: Open letter to a friend whose mother is dying
There is nothing good or
right or fair about this. Until
it happened to my husband
and then to me, when
I heard someone speak of
losing a parent, I did not
appreciate the full weight
of what they had lost. Now
I wonder how something so
commonplace can be so excruciating.
August 6, 2009
This Wonderful Life: What you don’t know...
Whenever I am feeling
dangerously chipper and
optimistic about the state
of life, the world and humanity
in general, all I
need to do is tune in to National
Public Radio for my
RDA of suffering and panic.
This Wonderful Life: The smallest things transform us
If you ask Bee, who is 6,
to name her favorite city,
she will respond with a
quick, declarative and unswerving
``Rochester.’’ She
loves Cooperstown — don’t
get me wrong. It’s just that
Rochester has two things
she loves a little bit more:
The Strong Museum of Play
and the Radisson Hotel
where we always stay on
Rochester trips.
This Wonderful Life: The perfect weekend to visit — or live here
Cooperstown knows how
to do holidays. Other towns
may attempt quaint and
heart-warming holidays,
but Cooperstown just happens
to have both the small
size and the community resources
to outshine even a
Hollywood rendition.
July 3, 2009
This Wonderful Life: Posey and Bee Go to Washington
You should know, first,
that I am a total democracy
nerd. Nothing is so thrilling
to me as a peaceful
transition of power. And
when the leaders of our
communities, states and
country preserve and uphold
the rule of law, well, I
must admit, I get a little
flutter in my tummy.
