If I die, I want my remains to be scattered at the US Capitol. Do not cremate me.

My great grandmother, Maggie McAdams Clark.

Edgar's first Hanukkah, 2003

My great-grandfather, Dr. Charles F. Culley.

Throwback Thursday: me, 7 years ago.

My grandfather in 1945. He was a paratrooper, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received a Purple Heart.

My favorite statue (The American Cape in Hamilton, OH)

Edgar, sizing up the cat tower he got for Hanukkah.

My parents' wedding, 16 May 1980.

My grandmother clowning around with my great-great uncle Robbie, sometime circa 1947.

Is Michael Corleone (from The Godfather) a nepo baby? Asking for a friend...

Me

The 8th night of Hanukkah.

The 4th, 5th, and 6th nights of Hanukkah.

The second and third nights of Hanukkah.

The first night of Hanukkah, 5786.

I have this weird thing: no matter what role Keanu Reeves plays, to me, he is always typecast as Ted from the Bill and Ted films. I swear, if he was playing Hermann Goering, I'd be like, "Strange things are afoot at the Reichstag!"

𝕴𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙, 𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖒𝖊 𝖆 𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖆𝖌𝖊. 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖔𝖇𝖘𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕱𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖈𝖆 𝕷𝖎𝖆 𝕭𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖐, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖆𝖓 𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖋𝖊𝖊𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 30 𝖞𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘. 𝕴 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖏𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝕮𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎, 𝕺𝖍𝖎𝖔 (𝕴 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉 𝖙𝖔𝖔) 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖒𝖞 𝖇𝖔𝖞𝖋𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖈𝖆𝖙.

"Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic."

— Francesca Lia Block

Today is International Day for Tolerance!

"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human."

Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."

This is the Saturnia, the ship my grandmother took from Napoli to New York in 1930, when she immigrated to the US.

Yes... My secret vice is staying up late and watching old episodes of Chico and the Man.

GIRL POWER!!!