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If You Could Raise a Steve Jobs Would You Want To?
The sofa in the den has a Karin-shaped crater in it. I’ve spent so many hours lying there lost in the Steve Jobs biography that it may take me days to puff the cushion back into... ...read more
A Penn State Student Speaks About “That Night”
I received many moving responses to my last post about Penn State. Most responders shared my disappointment with the students who turned out en masse to protest Joe Paterno̵... ...read moreThe Game’s the Thing. Really?
In my generation, college campuses were the loci of dissatisfaction with the status quo. College was where kids raised by even the most lackadaisical of parents learned how to c... ...read moreThe Scariest Thing about Halloween? The Crafts.
I am a Halloween Scrooge. “Bah! Humbug,” I say to myself every year on October 31st when gaggles of gussied up urchins come to the door to collect my contribution to their sug... ...read moreMy Roommate is Just Like Me. So Why do I Hate Her?
Two months after the start of freshman year, Anne Shapiro’s daughter, Beth, wants to switch roommates. Beth simply cannot spend two more seconds with the lying cheating sex man... ...read moreThe Slut Goes to College
Where was I when the word “slut” became a compliment? Probably head down in the sand off the coast of New Jersey, in the same position I was in when it became okay for thirtee... ...read moreCan a Woman who Murdered her Daughters be Trusted with her Stepsons?
The following story was not taken from a sensationalistic tabloid or lifted from a daytime soap. Here are the facts. Trisha Conlon of Oregon was married to Marine fighter pilot ... ...read more
Grammy Sings the Blues
I cried all the way home from Los Angeles. Leaving my newborn granddaughter after a weeklong visit was excruciating. This wasn’t what I had in mind when contemplating grandpare... ...read moreOn Becoming a Grandparent
Several friends have been swooning over their grandchildren for a few years now and I have indulged their need to froth at the mouth whenever the subject comes up, which is ofte... ...read moreThe Unsung Life of a Mother’s Car
I could serve blueberry pie off the floor of my Prius and anyone would be happy to eat it. This is not a pronouncement I could have made a year ago or a car ago, or for that ma... ...read moreFollow Us
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