There is a quiet satisfaction in tackling a new passion requiring much new learning with a very old brain that learns more slowly, requiring more repetition to retain new information. And so I have felt quiet satisfaction in publishing two pretty good books since...
The “Marginal Woman” is in one sense a sequel to “The Occasional Man” but yet can stand alone. Some who read my first memoir wondered how two people who met in their their late 40’s, could so suddenly become such amiable travelers, seemingly have few disagreements....
Many people ask me: Why is your second memoir titled The Marginal Woman? Besides the obvious answer: “Don’t all woman feel marginal at some time in their lives?” the heart of this goes back to my childhood. As a child, I had felt my family was made...