Author Archives
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Betty Ford as I Remember Her: The Person and Persona
In ruminating over the times I spent with Betty Ford over the years, on the record and off, be it during interviews, casual meals, a museum tour, work on a ghostwriting project, and backstage at her appearances, I shouldn’t be… Read More ›
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The Revolutionary Moment of First Lady Betty Ford : Her October 25, 1975 Speech still Makes History
With news today of former First Lady Betty Ford’s death at age 93, it is easy to simply recall her as the leader of the national movement for substance abuse recovery because of the famous southern California treatment center which… Read More ›
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How An Old Dog Taught Me New Tricks: The Wisdom Revealed By Our Aging Canines
This is the second of what seems to be shaping up into a series that was not entirely envisioned until a day ago. I’m reluctant about indulging too much about a personal issue like the loss of a dog –… Read More ›
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The World's Best Dog: A Tribute to Yeager the Weimaraner, 1995-2011
The famous Dog-Whisperer Cesar Milan would’ve been appalled by how Yeager the Weimaraner led me down the path we shared, rather than me guiding him. I simply maintained a pledge to respect his wishes, as best as I could determine them, and… Read More ›
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Michelle Obama Soldiers On, Renewing a First Lady Tradition
Michelle Obama went to West Point yesterday, the first incumbent First Lady to address a graduating cadet class. Some in-depth research shows, however, that she was not the first to visit the nation’s most prestigious school for Army officer training…. Read More ›
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Mother's Day, the Guilty Daughter and Mamma's-Boy President Behind It
What many may think fuels Mother’s Day today is what seems to have fueled one woman to crusade for its creation – and then its destruction. Guilt. Never a mother herself, the “mother” of Mother’s Day, Miss Anna Jarvis, ninth… Read More ›
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How The Wedding of British Princess Created an American Queen
In the media maelstrom around today’s wedding of England’s new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (more popularly known as Prince William and Princess Kate), the frequent note that Michelle Obama was not invited failed to recognize it as a lucky break,… Read More ›
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Princess Diana’s Wedding Cake….The Recipe, Finally, Per Many Requests
By request of many people who’ve written to me from the February posting about how the cake tastes like, well…bit reminiscent of Sara Lee’s Banana Cake, sold frozen in tin pans – but pretty addictive…finally, the recipe of Diana’s cake….not… Read More ›
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