Barack Obama was the commencement speaker at my alma mater today. A great fuss preceded this event, and promises to continue now that it is done. I wrote about it on Los Angeles Moms Blog today. I find that it doesn't matter how I feel about the issues raised - it just makes … [Read more...]

Mmm, what a lyric.  I have many thoughts about last night's Indigo Girls show, but I have to write some reality TV.  I will share them when there is more time for such things.  In the meantime, please enjoy my Whrrl story, "Five Straight Women at an Indigo Girls Show in Los … [Read more...]

How much of a mother's work goes by unnoticed, unheralded? Ninety percent, or more? The reward, of course, is the happy, healthy child, whether or not he can say "Thanks, Mom." When a woman sacrifices so much of herself, unknowingly, even, is it so wrong for her to want that? … [Read more...]

The scene: my bedroom, early morning. Breakfast was made for me, as was a greeting card. It was delivered to my bedside with shouts of "Mommeeeee!" and "Happy Mudder's Day!"Alas, I could not actually eat it without banishing the chef and artist from the room:You see my coffee, … [Read more...]

Would you like to seeSomething fun, starring me?**Actually, there were several other much more popular bloggers there and the "stars" were Wolfgang Puck and some reality TV personalities.  The kind that appear on camera.  Whrrl is an app for cell phones that compiles your texts … [Read more...]