Barbara’s Riffs on Life

My Days Are Numbered — And So Are My Minutes

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.

Have Americans forgotten that humility is a virtue? A couple dozen Christians met at my church on Thursday for a reminder. Read more.