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I never intended a visit to the Museum of Latin American Art to revive memories of an old friend whose stature as an icon of courage began rising the moment his life was ending. In fact, the gallery in Long Beach was filled with far more compelling work than the simple portrait of Ruben Salazar by…
We had a family gathering last Sunday to observe the advent of spring, the second anniversary of our daughter's death, and the 65 th anniversary of my first date with Cinelli. We greeted them all with noise and laughter.
A lifelong friend received the worst kind of news not long ago when he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and given a matter of a few months to live. It had spread to his liver and lungs, and because of its total involvement with his liver it was considered inoperable. They gave him chemo and…
It isn't the best movie ever made and it wasn't the best book ever written, but there is something about "Bless Me, Ultima" that makes the story of a boy's journey through the magical time of his youth a rich and compelling tale.
Welcome to the land of bad news and statistical misery and to the prospect that you might drop dead of a heart attack at any moment if you are fat, old, smoke cigarettes, drink too many martinis or refuse to eat your broccoli and your collard greens.
I was talking to a friend the other day about opportunities for women in today's America. We were heaping praise on all those we knew of in politics, diplomacy, industry, entertainment, sports and space who are making their mark on the world stage and beyond. Bunny girls were not included.
Let's hear it for Norman and Norma Burmah of Marksville, La., who, after 82 years, have just achieved a milestone of being the longest living married couple in the United States.
The only obvious trait I inherited from my mother, in addition to short legs and a pot belly, was a tendency to worry about my health. The difference between us lay in her unique approach to staying healthy. She dressed up.
The other day I inadvertently interrupted a conversation between two friends who were discussing what to do when Hispanics become the new majority ethnic group in California by early next year. They are both Anglos and felt uncomfortable with the subject when I sat down with them at a neighborhood…
I realized the other day that it was going to take time to adjust to our new commune-style of living when I sat on a pillow and it yelped.