My brother, Stan and I are as different as peas and kumquats and have been since the day we were born. He is reserved; I am loud. He became an academic scientist, the kind who forgets to change his clothes while contentedly watching cells divide in a Petr [...]

Posted by Carol Lin • 10 days ago • View comments

This is a column I’ve wanted to write for some time to clear the air.   Recently I wrote about my friends Ron and Dianne moving away, about our friendship, about how they stood by my little family through good times and bad. I count them among a ve [...]

Posted by Carol Lin • 24 days ago • View comments

I have a confession to make:  I am flirting with my mother’s doctor.  I know it sounds terrible, but I am, in fact, hitting on my mom’s oncologist. Yes, there is some seduction involved but it has absolutely nothing to do with sex.   I [...]

Posted by Carol Lin • 38 days ago • View comments

You might say I’ve been working on my own version of “Project Runway.”   It, however, has nothing to do with fashion.   My project?  I have to get my 82-year-old mother who has cancer on a flight to Dallas.  There is no avoiding [...]

Posted by Carol Lin • 51 days ago • View comments

My friend, Jacelyn is sitting at my kitchen table looking wistfully at her boyfriend who is staring at a presentation he is putting together for his new web start up.    “I wish Roger knew me when I was totally hot,” she whispered to me with [...]

Posted by Carol Lin • 66 days ago • View comments

In less than a week, I have learned more about the power of the human heart than I ever imagined.    My friend and former news producer, Jenny Wilburn, sent out an email blast to let her friends know she was joining a non-profit called Alex’s [...]

Posted by Carol Lin • 3 months ago • 0 Comment(s)

The news broke in an email:  “We did it. We sold the house. Escrow closes June 1st.”  My neighbors never put up a “For Sale” sign.  Ron and Dianne said they didn’t want to make a fuss.  But when they leave, my heart and so ma [...]

Posted by Carol Lin • 4 months ago • 0 Comment(s)

I’ve always had a fascination with Marie Osmond. Yes, I realize she’s not as cool as Lady Gaga or as sleek and hip as Beyonce’, but Marie gets it. Real life.     She’s a ...... [ Read the rest of this story ]

Posted by Carol Lin • 4 months ago • 1 Comment(s)