The best thing I’ve had from this extended period alone at home is extended time for reading — a variety of books, some of which I’d like to share, starting…

Almost 18 years ago, my late husband Fred and I were sitting in a popular eatery in Pittsburgh, enjoying, over breakfast a place famed for its pancakes, the kind of…

I did not think this current state of affairs would affect me as badly as it has. I thought this enforced “house arrest” would give me more time to do…

Today, I’m trying to assess what this terrible pandemic has done so far, and is continuing to do, to me — just one single individual.I begin with isolation. I’ve always…

This coming Sunday, I’ll mark two very special birthdays on the same day.  The first: Number 60 for the man who’s been my daughter’s best friend since they were toddlers. …

With all my current enforced stay-home time, I’ve taken on the gigantic, long put-off task of going through collections of “sometime” things — all on paper, all in a bulging…

Last week, I promised you some coronavirus humor. Can there actually be such a thing? Yes! It comes from folks who spend a lot of time collecting the funny-side aspects…

I am blessed with and by with what I do. As a personal columnist, I come to you every week with the truths of what I am — warts and…

The day the first Coronavirus restrictions were announced was the day we buried my Cousin Bill. Our mothers were sisters. He was almost five years my senior, but we grew…