I hate to admit it, but I’m desperate. Again. It happens with depressing regularity. Every three or four years, I take my eye off the ball. I go to sleep at the wheel. I stop firing on all four cylinders. (Or is it eight?) Fundraising is a [...]

Every centre for poor children has at least one girl like this one – a child completely absorbed in the task at hand (a task most likely self-assigned), oblivious to the chaos around her. I have, literally, hundreds of such photos: photos [...]

My sister Lucy is one of the best cooks I know. She cooks lavishly and with love and she usually has a funny story about each thing she makes. Here’s her recipe for and her story about the garlicky green beans many of us love in Chinese [...]

Several people have asked me recently for the recipe for the chocolate cake I always make (birthdays, special guests, Core Group meetings, just because) . . . lately, since Lakshi and Vijay have become such helpful little elves in my kitchen, I [...]

Moy Moy used to talk. Most people who know her now have no memory of how she once was, but a devoted little group still does. We tell the stories often to keep the memory green. Moy Moy used to talk. She used to tell jokes; she even had – [...]

When beautiful Meera came to visit, all I could think about was that she was a Speech Therapist. There aren’t many people in the world who can appreciate the way some of us think about Speech Therapists, so don’t laugh. We always [...]