The day the Oscars begin! — In all the preparation for the Oscars, Wednesday before the Sunday awards ceremony is the day for the ceremonial rolling out of the red carpet. In my six drawing this over the years, I still find it a delightfully silly event.

I just learned about a new collection of essays by Susan Sontag, titled On Women. Here is a short blurb from the publisher: “A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism.” Sontag died in 2004; this is…

My uncle — My mother’s only sibling, Uncle Bill, was killed at age 19 in World War II, just following the end of the war. The above listing of his name is in the National Archives of those killed in action. Below is a screenshot of his name as it appears among others…

We raised our daughters before there was social media, and for that I am grateful. Today, the Surgeon General warned that social media may harm children and adolescents. It makes sense to me because I know how it affects me, and while social media has given me many good things…

This video above is of a drawing I did on the subway. It’s of a woman on her headphones, which were rather large in relation to her stature. She was talking in an animated way to whomever was on the other end of the line. Normally, I would speed…

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For a few moments — My husband Michael and I went to a Yankee’s game on Sunday, and had a wonderful time. I think we sat in a section that had the loudest, most engaged fans in the whole stadium! This kid above was so excited for the Yankees. He was constantly on his feet…

You never know — Drawing the E Jean Carroll trial was transformative for me in so many ways. It was just incredible to be in the room to follow the arguments and witness her bravery. I have learned over the years that taking chances continues to be my mantra. …

We should know better by now Sometimes stories in the news linger in my head for longer than the news cycle. The CNN town hall with Trump was a few days ago, but I cannot get it out of my head. I didn’t watch it on principle, because such events…