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
The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec at the MoMA: Women From All Walks of Life
A Scaffold of Silk Protein: Tufts Bioengineers Create Functional 3D Brain-like Tissue
Violence Against Women Act Next Steps: A Judiciary Hearing at the Request of Gabrielle Giffords
Exploring Relationships and Social Networks: Marriage Satisfaction and Divorce