Columbia High School Class of 1975 This past weekend, I attended my 50 th  high school reunion. Granted, that’s  a somewhat sobering milestone and yet it felt flat-out wonderful to reconnect with old friends. Lots of conversations started with “Do you remember the time we…” or “I’ll never forget when this happened …”  and it felt so damn good to be with the people who knew us at that magical time in our lives when we were  young and idiotic and filled with dreams. Our class g

Photo by Jared Wood on Unsplash Leaving places is hard. I’m not talking about moving to a new town or retiring from a job but leaving...

My husband and I just returned from a ten-day trip to California. From wine-tastings at vineyards owned by generations of the same family...