Thoughts before election day: My husband’s 2010 opinion piece on the Pledge of Allegiance assumed a social trust that’s since gone missing in America. Read more.
Barbara’s Riffs on Life
My Dear Old Manual Typewriter — Good-Bye, Good-Bye
It had been years since I last typed a story on my dear old manual typewriter. Its platen was cracked, its keys tangled. Time to say good-bye. Read more.
When My Mother Was the Grandma
My mother was the grandma in the family. She deserved respect from our kids. Not because she’d earned it, but because she was the grandma. Read more.
