We are the stuff of stars
“All that survives after our death are publications and people. So look carefully after the words you write, the thoughts and publications you create, and how you love others. For these are the only...
View ArticlePost Script
On February 6, 2012, Dr. Susan Niebur passed from this life. She leaves a beloved husband and two young sons behind her. We have all lost an eloquent voice and a tireless advocate on behalf of...
View ArticleR-E-S-P-E-C-T
Otherwise titled “How parenting strategy backfired and turned my son into a vegetarian.” Eating is a giant interruption in my son’s day. To my observation, he derives little pleasure from eating,...
View ArticleScience Friday Returns: Must-Read-Books for Inquiring Minds
Science doesn’t have to be boring. It doesn’t really even have to be hard. We are all prewired to be scientists – every single one of us from the time we are infants. It is, in fact, our evolutionary...
View ArticleFinding a new voice
It has been six months since my last post. I have thought about coming here many times. But procrastination is a downward spiral. After a while, the guilt gets too overwhelming and it becomes easier...
View ArticleBit dusty around here…
A bit of a minor crisis on the media front actually forced me to pay attention to the fact that I have a blog (Hello, blog! Long time, no see). The service provider that actually hosts the images I use...
View ArticleThe years and the miles
In the strange way that life has this tendency to bring you back to your jumping-off point, I am back where I started my journey as an adult. One year ago on Labor Day I accepted a job with a former...
View ArticleNecessary angst
I don’t know if all writers are the same, but I feel that I am most productive when I have a certain level of existential angst. Since moving to KC, life has been full of many things, but lacking in...
View ArticleMean Girls
When my son was in junior high, and of his own volition, he went through two years of Jr Cotillion. It was a choice that would have made his late Mimi proud, Cotillion being the epitome of high...
View ArticleThe psychological conundrum of looking your age
People have consistently underestimated my age almost my entire life – sometimes by a decade or more. It has been the proverbial “blessing and a curse.” On one hand, people have consistently...
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