The Lens: What exactly does that mean? In these United States, it seems there has always been a huge point of contention as to who, exactly, is an American. My best guess is that when we established the United States,…
Silly Injuries
The Lens: My husband and I have a vacation home in the mountains. For some reason, homeowner chores don’t seem so much like chores in the mountains as they do at home. It’s been a hot summer in the mountains.…
All the Mothers Jumped Up
The Lens: Motherhood is a transformative event. It changes you. I would guess most of us become mothers willingly. We understand, even if we don’t have the full picture, we are choosing to bring another life to this earth. Having…
The Obituary
The Lens: Have you ever written an obituary? That was the subject of a recent piece in the SF Chronicle by an opinion columnist. Without having an abundance of time, I am generally pretty selective about the opinion pieces I…
Princess Catherine
The Lens: Have you ever been diagnosed with cancer? I haven’t, but I know far too many people who have. It is devastating. There was a book a while back by Betty Rollin, a news correspondent, that was later made…
Daylight Savings Time
The Lens: We just got through the most exhausting week of the year – when we lose an hour so we can make the switch from standard time to Daylight Savings time (DST). In a sense, it is the equivalent…
He’s Alive?
The Lens: I have probably mentioned somewhere in one of my posts, my husband and sons are musicians. My husband has been playing music since high school in a variety of bands, each with a different genre of music. Still,…
A Wonderful Life?
The Lens: Where do stand on the “like” meter for “It’s a Wonderful Life?” For the last many years, The Stanford Theatre, a classic movie theater in Palo Alto, CA, has shown the movie on Christmas Eve. The theatre seats…
Life Is Messy
The Lens: My husband was out for the evening last night leaving my son and me on our own. When my son and I have the evening to ourselves, we usually opt to do things my husband wouldn’t want to…