We’re a strange bunch in the People’s Republic of Arlington County, Virginia. Liberal, yet fiscally prudent. A great place to start if you’re fresh out of college… or to start again after the kids leave the nest or you get divorced or if you have another life-altering event. Here’s a recent example. I overheard a… Continue reading The Charming Contradiction of Arlington
Category: Nonfiction
Standing Firm
I was on team for a Catholic women’s retreat last weekend, and it was a marvelous experience. I’m still mulling over… as are many of the rest of us who were there… a fellow
The Big 5-0
Well, I did it. As of September 16, 2011, about 1:30 p.m. PT, I have been in every state in this grand country! (In case you’re curious, No. 50 was Oregon, where my sister and I visited with a longtime
9/11/01
The Los Angeles airport Hilton, shortly after 6 a.m. A work colleague and I were talking quietly in our respective beds, figuring out who was going to shower first and reflecting on a great meal the night before. We’d be driving to San Diego for an 11 a.m. meeting with an advertiser. The phone rang.… Continue reading 9/11/01