No More Mother-in-Law Jokes, Please
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
We think we know everything about mothers-in-law, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I never found the trove of old mother-in-law jokes funny, because I know how hard many women work to keep things warm and easy between generations.
One woman I kn...
One woman I kn...
Why So Anxious, My Dear? Publication Date Blues
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I’ve been in the book business since 1962, longer than most of you have been alive. As an editor, I have been honored to publish many terrific books—some of them successful—and I have enjoyed working with literally hundreds of publishing colleague...
We're Back!
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
Grown kids moving back home wasn’t a new subject for the New York Times view link but the new twist was about how these hard financial times are forcing more ...
Family Portraits
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
I have been blogging on my website, janeisay.com, but there's no reason why my eons friends should bother to go there. So here's the first blog about family. More to follow.
I come from a small family, which means that the grandparents died befor...
I come from a small family, which means that the grandparents died befor...
Around the holiday table: a story and some hope
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
What do you remember most from the family holiday meals of the past? Was it the interminable time it took until the food was served at Passover? Or was it the kicking under the table at Easter dinner? Was it the whispered fights between the aunts?...
The day is upon us
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I have been waiting for this day since November 4th, or was it since the summer of '07, when I read Dreams of My Father and wondered if a man with such a subtle mind could ever become president? I've been waiting for this moment since George W. Bu...
National Day of Listening--check it out
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, will be a day in which people are encouraged to tell each other their stories--this time on tape, so that they can be remembered forever. A byproduct of the StoryCorps project, the National Day of Listening is h...
Georgetown Day in DC--memories of its early years
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
It meant a lot to me that Michelle Obama was looking at Georgetown Day School for her daughters. I was a student there in the very early years of the school. We lived in DC because my parents both worked for the government during WWII, and the sch...
When is Enough Enough?
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
I have wrapped up the months of promoting my book, Walking on Eggshells, and it was an amazing experience. I met fascinating people and heard heartwarming—and heartbreaking—stories.
Now I am hard at work on my new book, which is about how we rela...
Now I am hard at work on my new book, which is about how we rela...
When is Enough Enough?
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I have wrapped up the months of promoting my book, Walking on Eggshells, and it was an amazing experience. I met fascinating people and heard heartwarming—and heartbreaking—stories.
Now I am hard at work on my new book, which is about how we rela...
Now I am hard at work on my new book, which is about how we rela...
