I used to think my mother was weird for treasuring her friends on such a deep level, these women she spent so much time with, particularly after I left for college. But it dawned on me recently that my friends, who are all women except for one, have become more and …

How much is too much?  In the age of a bad economy or even a good economy for that matter, how much do we really need?  I’m not talking about the Buddhist concept  of giving up everything, just the practical question of having as much as you need and not more.  …

It started with an email from moveOn.org–one of my favorite non-profit, grassroots organizations: Candlelight vigil for health care reform at the Mount Soledad Cross in La Jolla. Lately I’d been increasingly frustrated by the national dialog on this very important issue. Instead of preaching to my (converted) friends or to my …

The Stone Bone People say you can’t go home again. I think you can; I guess it has a lot to do with how you feel about your past. Flying recently to Dulles Airport in Washington DC—embarking upon an eight day vacation of both pleasure and obligation—I wondered how it would …

Since I started this blog, I’ve been lucky enough to visit a lot of small boutiques, meet their owners and talk clothes and fashion.  My recent trip to New York was no different.  My goal was to find a really unique, small, and out of the way cool boutique and only …