MEDITATIONS OF AN OLD WOMAN Recently, I was invited to speak at a luncheon given by a civic group. The organization is dedicated to charitable work and my topic was “The Purpose of Purpose.” As I began to jot down my thoughts the words of Buddha visited me:           R

 Happy to announce I have just received notice of a contract for my 3rd novel, Trompe l’Oeil.  Don’t know when it will be out but will let people know.  Suspense novel set in the France in 1960’s during the French/Algerian War.  An American girl, just out of coll

I’d love to help but you must help an old woman out here as I am so embeded in cyberspace that I get lost.  Could you remind me of the essay in question?  I write blogs 5 days a week and juggle twitter, facebook and tumblir and write books.  Will look up the Harpers article b

I awoke this moring to learn of Osama bin Laden’s death.  My first reaction was relief for the country and the families and victims of 9/11. I marvelled too at the heroism of the soliders who managed what appeared to be mpossible and honored the intelligence teams who have w

MYSTERY TRAILS I mentioned I’d visited my branch library recently and checked out two mysteries (Blog: 4/28/11). Usually, I prefer to buy books rather than borrow them as I like to support my favorite writers. But, as I said in that earlier blog, I happened to find two hardbacks ava

I feel like a kid again. Thanks to Ann Schatz’ invitation, I attended the launch of her new program, “Heart of the Matter” with a small group of invited guests to listen to and participate in an interview with Gloria Steinem. I felt like a groupie meeting a star of t

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BOOK LOVER I went to the used book store today with a few tomes to sell. Two of the novels had previously been rejected for resale, but I decided to bring them along for a third time in the hope the market had changed. The woman in line ahead of me had a sack of

READING: THEN AND NOW Recently, I finished reading a third novel by Haruki Murakami, “Sputnik Sweetheart.” As I closed the covers of the book for the last time, I had two impressions. The first was how pervasive western ideas were in much of the world. I have never been to

Favorite essay?  One of the most memorable was written by Robert Oppenheimer about living a relative life.  In sum, all points of view are relative and equal like the points of a compass but one must choose one direction to follow while understanding it has no higher merit than the

I don’t know how are paths may have crossed as you are anonymous.  I went to high school in California.