Have you ever heard the term hidden hunger? It’s often used to describe an intake of calories without the nutrition needed to support mental and physical health. But it also applies to the increasing number of older adults who live alone and aren’t getting the food they need for a variety of reasons, ranging from…
Writing Portfolio
What My Dad Taught Me About Money
A memoir of money. “Do you think I’m made of money?” my dad asked me when I was 10, desperately wanting him to buy me a new tabletop pinball machine with flashing lights, automatic scoring, flippers that lit up, and steel balls. In my mind, this was high stakes, a make-or-break moment for my summer…
DC Dining (Bisnow)
I guest edited (wrote and photographed) Bisnow’s DC Dining Newsletter. This is the June 15, 2012 edition.
SAGE Celebrates Big Birthday
Sage Celebrates a Birthday: Gay Boomers and Beyond I wrote this to celebrate a big birthday for the best organization for older LGBT.
Slow Dancing with a Stranger
Blunt, funny and – make no mistake – not out for sympathy, she’s equal parts Florence Nightingale, Dorothy Zbornak and Norma Rae. That’s how I’d sum up Meryl Comer, author of Slow Dancing With a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer’s. Read about her in my Caring.com profile and Q&A. After years of…