The first election night I covered as a young reporter started early and ended the next day, when I drove across the open desert of Arizona to reach my radio station. Pink colored the early morning sky. I was terribly inexperienced. I don’t know why my station manager thought I could handle this alone, even […]

Since retiring a few years ago, I have found that keeping to a schedule isn’t so important anymore. I still make it a point to show up at the appointed time for doctors’ appointments, classes and meals in the dining room. But now I have total freedom to decide when to do household chores, socialize […]

Bobby Lewis (up all night in 1961) once crooned: “I couldn’t sleep at all last night, just a’ thinkin’ of you. Aw, baby things weren’t right. So I was – tossin’ and turnin’, turnin’ and tossin’ – tossin’ and turnin’ all night!”  Soon thereafter, he kicked the blankets on the floor and heard the milkman […]

My research shows the conspiracy began in 1983 and continues to this day. The evidence is very reliable as much of it was amassed through the tried and true method of “searching the web.” What I uncovered is that for the last 30 years, the pop music industry has led a clandestine campaign to make […]

My husband, Bud, and I had been living aboard our 42-foot Grand Banks on the Isle of Palms Marina when the announcement came over the radio: “Hurricane Hugo is headed for Charleston. Those who reside in vulnerable places should evacuate.” Around 3 p.m., Bud phoned me from work and told me to gather our important […]

I’m not a very a competitive person. I lose patience and interest with games that go on and on and on …  except for maybe Scrabble, but that’s not this story. This story is back in the ’80s in a cramped New York City apartment with three grumpy guys and me, who happened to be […]

I consider myself a night owl, not a lark or a morning person. Being up late and staying up all night are two very different things in my way of thinking and feeling. I have good energy until about 1 or 2 in the morning, but being up the whole night has not set well […]

I am never certain when the night will begin, when slumber will let go of my brain and again the tick-tick-tick of conscious thought will begin to ramp up its engine. I am an insomniac. I thought it was a curse until I chose to embrace it; now the night is my most precious time […]

In 2012, I emailed this SOS: Hi Mom, Can you send me your recipe for beef stew. Mark’s invited friends over for dinner on Saturday and I need your help!  My mom responded: Attached. If you can’t read it, send me a fax number and I’ll fax it. Always make the day before – tastes better the […]