To be anonymous or not to be, that is the question — Have you ever wondered about whether you should use a pen name? A pseudonym? I have. Nom de plume sounds ever so much more elegant, doesn’t it? When I first began writing on Medium, it didn’t occur to me to use anything other than my actual name, even though I’m…

Just like Stevie says — So this whole growing old thing? I’ve decided to skip that part. It doesn’t suit me. Thanks to great genetics and a lifetime of good skincare, I look much younger than I am. I know, I know. Everybody says that. In my case, it just happens to be true. I…

And how do you use it? — With the death of David Crosby, it occurred to me that the greatest musicians of perhaps the greatest generation of music this world has ever seen are dying off, and few, if any, are rising on the horizon to take their places. …

Where’re you from? You sexy thing. — Sex appeal is totally in the eye of the beholder. Different things appeal to different people, thank goodness. This is what works for me. But I’ve been around the block a time or two, so there’s that. Good cologne. Women go wild over a man that smells good. Just don’t take a…

More than you think — My husband has beautiful hands. I think they reveal his sensitive, artistic nature. They also speak of strength to me — they are as strong as they are elegant. He’s an artist you don’t want to mess with. My grandson’s hands similarly speak of his creative, musical soul. He’s a…

They play your national anthem in the grocery store — Oh, those small communities! — John Mellencamp I love small towns. The little town where I used to live is home to Indiana’s largest natural lake. The lake is magnificent. During the off-season, there are about 4,000 residents. That number swells exponentially in the summer when the weekend people, who…

Probably not — I just read an excellent article discussing affairs, the reasons and the aftermath, along with all the comments, ranging from agreement to the predictable self-righteous hellfire and damnation rants. I had the same reaction that I always do to judgmental remarks about others’ lifestyle choices — Oh, for God’s sake…

Thrift store shopping at its finest — In my first marriage, we had a big, lovely Greek Revival-style home on an old street paved with bricks and lined with huge old trees. …

Could anything be more romantic? — I recently saw a post on social media regarding a vintage perfume called Evening in Paris. Someone had found an entire set of the gorgeous dark blue bottles in a thrift shop and were ecstatic. Oh, did that bring back some memories of being a kid in the 50s! Out…