Barbara’s Riffs on Life

The Writing Room: Can This Guy Make Me a Star?

I’m going to take Jeff Greenwald’s Page to Stage class. It starts next week at the Writers Grotto in SF.

Our Christmas candy is all gone. Gone. Like a lot of good things in life — mothers, fathers, old friends, colleagues. Read more.

Fewer people are getting married these days, but plenty are declaring their love and loyalty publicly — on Facebook.

Christians, Jews, Muslims — and maybe even a Buddhist or two — they’re discovering the joy of sex, with a little help from sex toys.

I just discovered a site called Nieman Storyboard — great tips for nonfiction writers

Is the Yosemite high country even more beautiful than the Himalayas? My hiking pal Al Aistrope thinks so. Read more.