Today I'm feeling the Spirit of  '76 Today I join the Spirit of '76 Club, though I won't officially turn 76 until 10:26 P....

  We don't often have celebrity news in Buttercupland. Not that we're (totally) uninterested, but there are a million other places w...

  Probably the most elegant site where I will ever eat lunch, the courtyard of  Alnwick Castle The magnificent Alnwick Castle -- the site of...

The best view in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castl e I've been home from one of the best trips ever to England, Ireland and Scotland for four d...

  One of my favorite places to walk is in my neighborhood Welcome to June, the month where we go from spring to summer and it's time for...

  My most recent theater afternoon,  Fallen Angels , with Kelli O'Hara and Rose Byrne My love of the theater started early. We didn'...

In May, 2023 I had the privilege of visiting the Cambridge (UK) American  Cemetery and Memorial in Cambridge, England. I came home soon aft...