Ever watched Inside the Actor's Studio with James Lipton? In each show, he ends the interview with a series of ten intriguing questions originated by French television personality Bernard Pivot, based on the Proust Questionnaire (Google it ...

Those who know me well hear me say it all the time: mine is a simple life.  And I like it that way. ...

My heart stirred the moment I read her words, igniting a delicious warmth at the tips of my toes that raced like wildfire throughout my body.  I knew this affair would be delicious and satisfying. ...

I’m on Facebook a lot.  An embarrassingly absurd amount of time.  If it’s during daylight on a weekday, the chances are good I’m there.  It’s a bit awkward, actually: my friends and family probably wonder why I've chosen to spend so much ...

Come February, I will be 49: in the fiftieth year of my life. I’m not dreading anything at all about it. But I am pausing for thought. About where I am, what other lessons I'd like to teach myself, and how I want to enter my fifties. Maybe it’s ...

Whenever I watch an old movie with a train scene, I'm always on the lookout for a nun. Because the chances are good there's at least one on that train. I often wonder why this was so. Could it be that nuns were not permitted to move about by plane? ...