Barbara Stark-Nemon weaves a beautiful tapestry of stories, as elegantly embroidered as the linens that Isabela weaves.  Reminiscent of...

When someone loses their home to a fire..

Loss of a Friend   This week I lost a friend that made the other losses of the week…. My sense of security as an American, and my plans...

A sober reflection on fiction and reality

Social media is still both enticing and frustrating, as someone who came to it late in life and for whom it is still not intuitive.  As...

Announcement of Isabela's Way publication

One of the joys of my encore career as an author is getting to know other authors and share our work and paths to writing.  I met...

A wonder-filled family trip to Africa

On October 13, (Friday the 13th) I stood with my brother in front of the spare and beautiful sculptural portrait of Yitzak Rabin that...

Yesterday was Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and for those of us whose families suffered in that genocide, who have written...