Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.

The point is this: that the stream of memory may lead you to the river of understanding. And understanding, in turn, may be a tributary to the river of forgiveness.

First I laughed my way through Elinor Lipman's book of political tweets. Then I put my ear to the ground and listened to Molly Ivins guffawing from the grave. Lipman is a piquant poetic rock star!

Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.

Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off.

The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.

Only there's two sides to every story, you know. You just remember that.