One of the most valuable aspects of reading memoirs is being able to get an inside look at a way of life so different from yours and learning how other people cope with the challenges they have to face. Award-winning political cartoonist Jeffrey Koterba has written an open, honest and completely intriguing account of growing…
The Wednesday List I’m so energized by the announcement of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate, and am determined to do what I can to make her the first Black woman of Indian descent (so many firsts in there!) to become Vice President of the United States. The more I learn about her, the…
Thank goodness for Jenny Craig. At my weigh-in today, I lost 2 pounds, bringing my grand total to 18 pounds. This is great and I’m very grateful to the amazing women at Jenny Craig, but I am totally disgusted with myself.
Before watching The Irishman, I would have said Martin Scorsese never needed to make another gangster movie again. I mean, how many Mob guys killing each other does anyone need to see? And yet, The Irishman is on my list of best movies of the year.
She had us at the title, but Gail Konop Baker’s memoir about her year-long struggle with breast cancer is a must-read for all women, even those blessed not to have had their lives touched with the disease. In Cancer is a Bitch or I’d Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis, Gail writes honestly about her…