Six Generations of First Born Women

I've been trying to write a memoir in this space. It evolved from my first blogging attempts on the BN back in May 2003 when I plundered my childhood for situations to write about. That writing was the easiest. The images from so many years ago were vivid. I could recall amazing amounts of detail.... Sign in to see full entry.

Even men you care about can make you crazy when they reveal their vulnerabilities for you and the rest of the world to see. Why is it when your partner is at his/her worst you feel angry with them, superior? It was a late August Friday night in Boston's North End, a "feast night". Every summer, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Lee was young, 26, black. I'd met him at a party. I was 39. RG had been doing a lot of public writing events. He would set up his typewriter in some public place, like an Art opening, and start commenting on the people in the room. As a page became full, he'd tape it to the table for everyone to... Sign in to see full entry.

Moving from my loft above a bar in downtown Boston to a single family house in Dorchester demanded a change in life-style I was unwilling to make. Dorchester was one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in the city of Boston. It was made up of seven hills first settled in the mid to late 1600's.... Sign in to see full entry.

Transitions are difficult to write about. How to get a handle on moments in your life when everything is shifting, and your family sees you as an alien. Not that my parents ever thought I was actually the same species as they were, but they had hopes when I married Pete and had a child that I had... Sign in to see full entry.