“You’re nothing but white noise to me.” The topic was jerks and this was the winning slam. I was speaking with a group of women who are...

Woo-hoo! The three-year journey to the publication of WorkJerks: How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues completed on June 14th...

Here we are, shattered in the aftermath of another spate of horrific mass shootings in our country. It’s nearly impossible to remain...

It was my mother’s 98th birthday and I had ordered a special cake. Paper butterflies were to fly out of the box when it was opened. Since...

We have watched in horror as the destruction of Ukraine and its people continues to unfold on our screens. If you’re like me, you’ve been...

The tide was going out, but one feisty wave unexpectedly came running up much farther onto the sand. This necessitated a scramble to...

I responded to a reporter whose query contained an unattributed quote for me to react to. The person quoted had gone off the deep end...

Your run-of-the-mill narcissist may be self-absorbed but not necessarily destructive. This more benign version could throw a Richter...

Off Limits (my former improv troupe) held a reunion in August. Three of us in person, three on Zoom. Our last photo was from 2014. Seven...

I heard Dobie Gray’s version of “The In Crowd” on an oldies station a few days ago. Great song. I love the refrain, “I don’t care where...

For my birthday, my dear friend from Seattle joined me on a jet boat excursion up the Willamette River. It was so darn much fun! The...

I sent email to an institution that shall remain unnamed. I offered something of value and asked with which department I should...