Meeting Places and Romance
The Trek Ahead: From the Ariège Pyrénées to Mongolia
Larry told me he had bought the little house I had fallen in love with, was putting his on the market, adding that we could move to France for good the following April. Now, race forward seven years and I, while enjoying it all; the weather, the lunches, the dinners, the endless festivals, had begun to feel like a slug. more »
Barely Half of US Adults Are Married — A Record Low
Divorce is a factor in diminishing the share of adults who are currently married compared with 50 years ago. But divorce rates have leveled off in the past two decades after climbing through the 1960s and 1970s, so divorce plays less of a role than it used to more »
Two Essays by Adrienne G. Cannon: Music and Medicare & Another Era
Adrienne G. Cannon writes: Maybe the prescription for staying healthy is not Medicare nor mind-bending games. Maybe making and enjoying music, for ourselves and our appreciative friends and family, is the program we should subscribe to... If she could do it, then so can we... she has shown us the way to keep on dancing. We honor her with the spirit she inspired in us as we return to ballet class week after week. more »
The Dickens 200th Birthday Celebration in 2012
In the US, there is UC Santa Cruz and the Dickens Universe and Project. In London, an exhibit that display examines the central relationship between Dickens and the city that he described as his ‘magic lantern’ more »
