Here are some of my opinion essays published in The Boston Herald both during and after my time on staff there, most published before my return to teaching, and before I married (hence, my maiden name on the bylines.) You might have to scroll a little on some to get to my piece as these are PDFs of the newspapers in which they originally appeared.
3.13.10 Luster in the eye of the beholder
10.28.98 There’s a time in every life when you realize “I grew up”
9.19.98 Pieces falling back in place as teacher returns to school
7.18.98 “Real” letters become a special gift
4.18.98 Grandpa at 80: The gifts were all his
3.22.98 No Middle Road on Schools: Plan would force children to make choices too soon
9.2.97 Back-to-school feeling never fades
2.2.97 Obituaries only skim the surface of what makes one an individual
