Barbara’s Riffs on Life

My Husband Was Bald — And Then He Wasn’t

With the covid shutdown, Jon stopped going to the hairdresser. Soon he wasn’t as bald as we thought he was. Read more.

My days are numbered, so I’ve decided to be miserly about how I spend what’s left of them. Read more.

I was young and single for way too long. Why? Could a book I spotted at an airport bookstore finally give me some answers? Read more.

The most famous American in the world is now a man who has taken a vow of poverty and committed his life to the welfare of others. Read more.

Beauty makes me happy — why? What is it about beauty that causes me to loose myself in it? Read more.

Was I a tradwife back in the 1980s? Or was I a second-wave feminist still figuring out how to make the marriage-family-career thing work? Read more.