March Features: People Who Improve the Planet
These two women not only make their corner of the world better, they thrive in the doing of it. And “thrive,” in this sense, has nothing to do with wealth, fame, or reality television.
Genius: 140 Characters and the F-word
Some brilliant, wonderful fellow has thrust his pulsating political wit into the gaping void of chaos that is Twitter…and spawned magic.
“Transitioned”
In limbo between an old, dying economic model and some nebulous future one, how do we prepare ourselves for what comes next? A few days ago I posted a link to my Facebook page that prompted a few enraged replies, which I guess was just what I was looking for. (I was pissed off, and…
On Being a Regular
Ten years ago today, Hal and I got married in Belize. To celebrate our anniversary, here’s a little bit about how we came to fall in love with the place, and with each other. Beware: mushiness ahead
The Tyranny of Language
Orwell thought muddled language led to muddled thinking. In a climate of overheated rhetoric in the public discourse, his message still resonates.
The Artist’s “WE”
The worst thing about a slump, a bout of writer’s block, a dysthymic interlude–whatever you choose to call it–is that it’s lonesome in there. No light penetrates the Chamber of Self Torture, and the only sound is a drip-drip-drip of wasted time leaking out and the ominous hissing of something very nasty there in the…
Unexpected Tailwinds
You don’t always realize it right away when the wind swings around on you. A number of life’s big changes are wind shears–sudden and sometimes catastrophic. But more often, it seems to me, your journey shifts imperceptibly, a strengthening crosswind gradually changing your course. My first Women in Aviation, International conference, a gathering of thousands of…
Behind the Story – Kate Mills’s “Broken Compass”
The minute I walked into Kate Mills’s Inglewood house on a hot morning last July, I knew we were going to “get” each other. First of all, she had a bagel from Bagel Face ready to go, just for me. Such things never fail to impress. And then there was the house itself:…
The Greenery 