My mother, my children. It’s an old story, says Sharon Olds, the oldest we have on our planet – the story of replacement. I look into my mother’s eyes on each visit home and I [...]

I love this photograph! This was at my 50th birthday party (celebrated a bit late here in the USA). My sister Moy Moy (the leaping blur in the background – she’s around five inches [...]

Here are some of the Bedford Babes – a wonderful group of women (and one man) who came together over a common passion for running but who soon discovered they had many other shared passions [...]

A few years ago, I discovered the poet Sharon Olds. I read a poem called The Race, which is a description of her heart-stoppingly suspenseful dash through an airport to catch a flight (across two [...]

  These two gorgeous boys are my nephews – Owen is the one with braces on his teeth and Enzo is gearing up to pitch. You may recognize them from the August page of this year’s [...]

I was so honored to be asked to speak to the Theology Department at Boston College. The place is teeming with living legends: Lisa Cahill, Ken Himes (Michael’s brother), Robert Imbelli, Bob [...]

What a teacher! Cathleen asked me to attend one of her classes at Boston College, saying the professor was the most brilliant person she had ever met (except, of course, for her aging parents). [...]

As I said in an earlier post, Martha is my oldest friend. We met in fifth grade and have been friends ever since. She’s been my touchstone all my life – the person I return to for [...]

My oldest friend, Martha McCann Rose, is the Head of the Department of Education at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She invited me to come and speak to some of her students this [...]

I’ve never seen a church like Our Lady of Malibu. Its open spaces, full of light, seem like a vision of heaven. Everything about it is beautiful, simple and clear. Fr Bill, the pastor, has [...]