Judging by the vast amount of cookbooks printed and sold in the United States one would think the American woman a fanatical cook. She isn't.

Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there.

Don't follow it blindly into every dark alley. Always remember that you are not a model or a mannequin for which the fashion is created.

You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.

Lover's words: “How beautiful you are, now that you love me.”

Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.

Soft drinks: The gooey, bubbly sea drowning our American children.