Sarasota’s blues
It's a bad time for Sarasota Spring. She's the 36-year-old private investigator featured in the novel I've been working on [...]
Cometh the blue people
Some old TV hair color commercial came with the line, "Only your hairdresser knows for sure." I was not much [...]
Hard times for cool heads
Want a lively verbal tussle with someone who's snappy and smart? Say the word and I'll send you my Aunt [...]
Love in vain?
I always liked Valentine's Day. I liked it even though I knew it was a marketing gimmick cooked up to [...]
The Darth Vader syndrome
My friend Mary is in a funk. She thinks the world is coming to an end because of COVID-19. She [...]
Good-bye Analog Road
It's no surprise to me that the coronavirus is about to make the virtual side of digital life into the [...]
ERs where missile were
I have done a lot of thinking lately. Usually I lack the free time. Now free time is all time. [...]
Those adoring eyes
People gripe a lot about the in-law part of marriage. It's an age-old complaint, of course. Love for a partner [...]
Porn and the man
When I was growing up, I would have been shocked to imagine the exchange that follows. It's not that sexuality [...]
Revisions, big and small
What makes up individual mental health is a stormy enough topic on its own. But add the complications of a [...]
All my food in vain
Can cooking ruffle a relationship? I didn't think so, but then again I eat out often, and when I'm at [...]
Other people’s messes
Can you live with other people's messes? It's a question I've pondered with my husband, usually after being at the [...]