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A FAMILY THANKSGIVING VACATION IN NEW MEXICO
We’ve gotten a lot of snow in New Mexico and we came prepared. I love seeing the snow-covered trees and identifying all the tracks left by deer, rabbit, coyote and even, we’re pretty sure,...
THE UNTOLD STORY OF MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT — from the New York Times
I read this story by Michael F. Matthews today and feel it’s important and that’s why I’m posting it here as a blog. It follows the topic of PTSD following sexual assault, the import...
SOME REACTIONS TO ISSUES RAISED BY MY PREVIOUS BLOG
I have been very moved by many of the things people have written as a result of my last blog, FOR MY MOTHER, so much so that I want to say a few more things about this horrific (and under-reported) is...
FOR MY MOTHER
My mother was sexually abused as a young girl, long before people knew the life-long damage it causes or that there are ways to heal the wounds–the worst of which are not what happens physically...
TWO INTERESTING WEEKS AWAY FROM HOME (INCLUDING PARIS)
First I went to Atlanta for the annual Empower party that raises money for my Georgia-based non-profit, The Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential. We honored Dr Sanjay Gupta with the ...
A REMARKABLE EVENING OF MUSIC AND ARCHITECTURE
A few evenings ago, Richard and I attended the 10th Anniversary of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles designed by the great architect, Frank Gehry who was being honored. I will go an...
A VISIT WITH NEW FRIENDS IN MIDDLEBERG, VIRGINIA
Last spring, a group of women who’d been assembled by my friend Edwina Johnson, spent 5 days at my New Mexico ranch. They had made a winning bid for this visit at an auction to support my non-profit, ...
TED TURNER & PRAIRIE DOGS
There’s a lot that Ted Turner taught me during the decade we were married and during the more than a decade that we’ve been unmarried but close friends. But one of my most favorite things ...
AT THE PREMIERE OF “THE BUTLER”
The New York premiere was last Monday, I just haven’t had a chance to post since then. Sorry. It was a huge success. I am so proud of this movie directed by Lee Daniels (“Precious“, ...