As an experienced freelance writer, I write often on other topics, too.
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Aging and Baby Boomers
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 Not Home Alone
TIME Magazine
Seniors are Signing up For Semi-Communal Enclaves, With Separate Homes But a Supportive Community read more >> |
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 The Art of His Life
TIME Magazine
Sol Levenson is still painting--and thriving--at 95 read more >> |
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 Rock On, Grandpa!
TIME Magazine
Play pinocle or mahjahn in your golden years? Bah! Meet folks in their 70s, 80s, and 90s who sing rock 'n roll and tour Europe. read more >> |
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 The Passion Potion
AARP The Magazine
Want to be a chick magnet or a love stud? It may be as easy as mixing an odorless liquid originally made from the sweaty armpits of college women with your favorite perfume or aftershave lotion. read more >> |
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 Embracing Technology
AARP The Magazine
A Call to Arms. Interactive pillows that lets Grandma and the grandkids have pseudohugs from afar. read more >> |
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 Pharm Animals
AARP The Magazine
Meet your new nurse: a robotic toy that reminds you to take your pill--or else. read more >> |
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Medicine and Healthcare
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 Meet Donald Berwick
Civic Ventures
Using political campaign techniques, Dr. Donald Berwick saves lives in the healthcare industry. read more >> |
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 Shelter from the Storm
AARP The Magazine
The AARP Foundation extends a helping hand to older Katrina and Rita hurricane victims read more >> |
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 The Big Score
AARP The Magazine
Even with X-ray vision, a retired radiologist who doesn’t read music and has no formal training could not have foreseen his future: writing a symphony performed by a renowned orchestra that critics say evokes Mahler. read more >> |
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Workplace and Business
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 Your Meal Ticket to Success: Dishing on Proper Business Etiquette
Jugglezine
Soup slurpers, beware! More than half of all business deals are clinched over food, so it’s no wonder that business etiquette classes are booming. read more >> |
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 Governor Mom
Ladies' Home Journal
Five weeks after Jane Swift took the top office in Massachusetts, she gave birth to twin girls. And, sure enough, her very public motherhood has become a hot issue. read more >> |
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 The Best Jobs for Families
Ladies' Home Journal
A surprising number of firms are paying more than lip service to harried employees trying to balance work and family. Does your company measure up? read more >> |
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 Way to Go: Getting What You Want Through Negotiation
Jugglezine
Every day you find yourself having to negotiate, whether it is about what movie to see with your spouse, how to balance work and family, or how to convince your boss to give you a raise. Check out these smart strategies. read more >> |
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Education
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 How to Get Into College Annual Guide: “When A is for Anybody”
Kaplan Newsweek
Are all college students above average? Grade inflation is a big problem in American academe—unless you’re someone getting those A’s. read more >> |
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 Could It Be, a Start-Up College?
Newsweek
With deep pockets and an innovative curriculum, a new engineering school is attracting the best and brightest read more >> |
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 Jefferson's Children
The New York Times Book Review
Bard President Leon Botstein creates his own map of educational reform, proposing that youngsters start school at age 4 and receive high school diplomas when they’re 15 or 16. read more >> |
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Health
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 A Tight Fit: Squeezing exercise into even the busiest of schedules
Jugglezine
No excuses! Even when you’re driving you can be sucking in those abs. read more >> |
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 The Virtues of Vitamins: Everything from A to Zinc
BJ's Journal
Vitamins give a whole new spin to learning your ABC’s. Instead of “A: is for “apple,” it’s “Vitamin A is for antioxidant.” read more >> |
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 Beyond Baby Fat: A Doctor Weighs In
Good Housekeeping
The skinny on weight supplements for children, exercise, and attitude. read more >> |
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Family and/or Divorce
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 It's A Dog's Life
Family Circle
My dog has no Burberry coat, designer toys, personal trainer, gourmet treats or breath mints like her other furry friends on the block. Am I a lousy master? read more >> |
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 Old Colonial Takes On Life Of Its Own
The Boston Globe
A 90 year-old man I’ve never met rings my doorbell, points to my daughter’s bedroom, and remarks, “That’s where my wife and I made love!” Former owners go on a tour. read more >> |
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 Why Don't “Cool” Parents Grow Up?
Family Circle
What’s so cool about parents who give their kids and their kids’ friends liquor? read more >> |
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 Time Out
Jugglezine
Seems that having a baby is not a good enough excuse to be absent from one judge’s courtroom. read more >> |
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 Could It Happen to You?
Child
More divorced dads are battling for custody of their kids—and they’re winning. An inside look at what influences judges. read more >> |
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 The Villain in Childsnatching is Usually a Parent
The Wall Street Journal
There is mounting hysteria that maniacs are crouching in the bushes, waiting to pounce on unsuspecting and defenseless youngsters. Yet most kidnappers are not strangers. read more >> |
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 Do You Really Want Him to Be a Great Dad?
Redbook
Women say they want their husbands to be equal parenting partners but when they do, some mothers feel ambivalent and even jealous. read more >> |
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 How to Sue Your Live-in Lover
New York Magazine
The start of palimony, the end of playing nice. read more >> |
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