Doris O'Brien is a retired college Speech teacher and banker. She has published two books of humor (Up or Down With Women's Liberation and Humor Me a Little) and for many years contributed light verse to the Pepper 'n Salt column of the Wall Street Journal. She is an avid writer of letters to the editors.
Doris celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary in the same year she welcomed her first grandchild. She now lives in Pasadena with a great view of the San Gabriel mountains — and the annual Tournament of Roses Parade.
She can be reached by e-mail: witsendob at (@) gmail.com
Shopping, Garden and Footwear: For the Love of an Astrantia
A Philadelphia Family's Titanic History and the Fate of the RMS Titanic Pets
Life Expectancy and the Long Hot Summer
The Mystery of Edwin Drood: "The loveliest girl in the world is yours by will and testament"