MY MOTHER'S BLOG

1. A FASHION MISFIT VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE

   2024-02-15 20:51:00 UTC
   1995 Just before I was to meet Bill Clinton, I crammed my wallet, lipstick, blush, concealer, pen, tissues, and one tampon into my new handbag. Because this pint-sized pocketbook bore little resemblance to the hefty shoulder bag I usually schlepped through my life, I’d had to pare down my essentials…

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2. THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEGAN

   2023-12-28 14:55:05 UTC
   In 1965 I wrote a few short entries in one of those little red five year diaries.  I was 12 years old and already had the sense I wanted to memorialize moments from my life.  Fast-forward a couple of Christmases and I received my reel-to-reel tape recorder.  I recorded my…

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3. What’s a Falsie?

   2023-08-18 23:48:09 UTC
   Mere months ago, if someone had told me I’d be using the word “falsie” in a 16 second video viewed by thousands, I would have laughed.  And then I would have panicked When Hilary and I started working on this venture of sharing my diaries and tidbits of our lives,…

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