Plunging into a compelling topic, even one with a tangential relationship to my current book project, is one of the pleasures of writing.Read More

This month is a potpourri of comments about past newsletters on legacy and books.Read More

I've seen how a friend has moved the question of his legacy front and center with an approach so creative that I want to tell you about it.Read More

I'm delighted to share Patricia Meisol's guest post about Dr. Helen Taussig, a pioneering physician and the subject of Patricia's biography, A Heart Afire.Read More

Last month I asked how you choose books to read. This month I'm sharing what I learned.Read More

Do you keep a list of books to read? Or are you the spontaneous type, preferring to land on a book while browsing a bookstore? I'd like to hear from you.Read More

I had been an irresponsible custodian – not reading more than one letter in 30 years, not telling my brother about them, and not liberating this piece of family history from my closet and passing it on.Read More

Humans have been human for many millennia. Our gods, in many ways, resemble us.Read More

With Women's History Month approaching, I took the opportunity to do a little research on how the field of women's history began.Read More

It was fun to discover a convergence of two diametrically opposed characters that brought together two independent strands of my writing.Read More