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2025 has been an amazing year for me and my book, MAYA BLUE A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL. I’m excited to say MAYA BLUE was nominated for the prestigious 2025 Kirkus Prize. It was chosen as one of Maria Shriver’s 2025 Best Summer Reads, received the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Award, and was named one of

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Writer and poet, Robert Louis Stevenson, referred to Napa Valley as “bottled poetry.” In 1880, Robert and his bride, Fanny,

When I was in Florence last month, a British historian gave me and my friend a tour of the Uffizi

One of the things I like best about reading blogs is getting an insight into how other women live; a

My recent trip to Italy was the best trip I’ve taken in a long time. Perhaps it was because my

If you saw the video tour I did, last year of my new house, then you may remember my favorite

Like an Italian Woodstock, people of all ages and nationalities, wearing Rolling Stones t-shirts, poured into the walled Renaissance city

Peter Cincotti’s grandmother couldn’t have known that her gift of a toy piano would create the stage for her then,

This was my little man, Sam. If you look closely, you can see fur peeking out from between his toes,

There aren’t many things cuter than a soft, snuggly puppy who nuzzles your neck and whispers, “Adopt me! Adopt me!”

One of my earliest memories is sitting in a pool of Wesson Oil, smacking my hands on the linoleum floor

“What’s Going On?,” Marvin Gaye’s rallying cry against America’s festering hate and social unrest, is still as relevant today as

Many of you liked last week’s blog, Talented and Expensive Feet. I’m not sure whether it was because I kicked

The podiatrist says age and gravity are having their way with my feet. The toes on my right foot have

This morning a television at the gym flashed a picture of Michael Irvin, former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys,

A lot of people ask me how I decided to start 1010ParkPlace. For over 10 years I was focused on

A few years ago Fifi Froelich reached the point where she couldn’t see herself living the rest of her life

After last week’s blog about my first date since my husband died, women emailed me about their online dating experiences.

Did I tell you I had my first date since James died? I met him at a bus stop. LOL!