I usually write about frivolous subjects, but I can’t do that today after reading about the abduction, torture and executi...

Always precocious, Granddaughter Amalía, almost 15 months old, announced her early entrance into the Terrible Twos with a c...

Just got back from Miami last night with daughter Eleni and granddaughter Amalía in tow.  Now it's Tuesday, two days before ...

Last Sunday, in The New York Times  Sunday Book Review, one of my favorite bloggers, Dominique Browning, wrote a rave revie...

Much more fun than following the pre-election debates (yawn!) and the election night results is reading today's after- election commenta...