My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

Both my parents were avid consumers of information. My mother, a speed reader, read five library books a week for decades. When she wa...

The ultimate task for me is not an external goal. Rather it is gaining wisdom and inner peace. Sounds simple enough but if we unders...

A few days ago, I received a phone call from one of my mother's caretakers who sounded urgent and exhorted me to think of going straigh...

The yard around my parent's home on a corner lot in Santa Barbara, California is a mature and stately oasis of greenery. Assorted...

Usually, when I visit my parents in Santa Barbara, California, I also set up my easel and make a painting in their yard. They have c...

“An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.” ~Spanish Proverb The last several years I have been single and living alone, ...

Now that I am traveling again, the world speaks to me in new ways, and I listen. My parents have provided me a room, but it is barely large ...