It’s a day for love…to the tune of an estimated $18 billion dollars.  That’s a lot of hearts and flowers.  (And a lot of chocolate.) I never come close to spending the national average of $116 per person— but I’m still sentimental, and I want the people I love to know it.   So if you [...]

I drove home from Los Angeles, drained by  the past weeks.  Howard was gone, but he was everywhere around me.  In my car, which he had helped me buy a few months ago.  On the road itself, the 300 miles between Los Angeles and Carmel that he had driven countless times over the years, coming [...]

I’m at a loss —for words and so much more. There’s never been such a long gap on my blog; and there’s never been such a huge hole in my heart—- due to losing Howard, my ex-husband, father of my 2 children, in many ways my closest friend in the world— who died two days [...]

Today is my husband’s birthday—and  I think he deserves this in exchange for letting me say anything I want about him on this blog. 10 birthday thanks 1. You’re smart enough to believe I’m smarter than you. 2.  You are unfailingly loving to my children and supportive of my relationship and theirs with my ex-husband. [...]