Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Is Dead

I’ve been worrying about Christmas ever since this summer, when — a month or so after the heart attack — I was informed that I had a dangerous blood clot in my leg that precluded flying cross-country  [more...]

I never thought I’d say this, but I miss snow. Oh, not the actual snow itself, and certainly not the way people behave when it snows — especially on the roads — but rather, the anticipation and the  [more...]

My dad went to high school up the hill from my current house.