Thank You, Mrs. Gerzanick

This week is national teacher appreciation week, and by a sad coincidence, my very favorite teacher passed away last week … More

Unblinded by Science

This weekend was Earth Day and also the March for Science around the country. My friend Mike and I went … More

It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Today is Patriot’s Day in Boston, aka Boston Marathon Day. There will be an estimated 30,000 runners who have either … More

Flashback

This week I had a flashback to when my kid was a baby. He is now an 18-year-old senior, and … More

Racism: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

I’ve been thinking a lot about racism lately, and that’s my unfair advantage as a white woman: I get to … More

I Need a Story

Post march last week, I smacked into a wall. The fast and furious issuing of Executive Orders set my head … More

Happy Anniversary

Because I’m not acknowledging Friday until it happens, and I will acknowledge it on Saturday in Boston at one of … More

Top 10 Posts from 2016

Intellectually I know 2016 wasn’t the worst year ever, but it was pretty bad; so let me have my grief … More

Time to Get Busy

I went to bed last Tuesday night having a déjà vu from a  similar election night in 1988, George Bush … More

No Skin Off My Teeth

What do you think or feel when I say the word, “dentist”? Some of you are probably curled up in … More