My daughter Layla knows the words to every song on Tapestry and says things like “Carole King seems so free when she sings.” Layla’s friend Holly, upon seeing a recent picture of Carole and I on Facebook, texted me this: 

In yoga class when we lay in Shavasana (final resting pose), the instructor will often suggest we thank ourselves for “coming to our mat” that day. Thanking myself for coming to my mat used to confuse me but it doesn’t any more. It’s called self-care.

Massachusetts Democrat Daniel Hunt has introduced legislation that would outlaw the word “Bitch.” If passed it would be illegal to directly annoy, degrade or demean another person by calling them one.  My first thought is, Are you kidding me? Doesn’t he know we have bigger things to worry about: LA burning, the world-is-flat movement, flavored vaping? 

When “Almost Doesn’t Count” was climbing the charts in 1998, I was at Burke Williams treating myself to some pampering on my birthday. I walked out of the shower, wrapped myself in a towel, and there you were — emerging from the shower next to mine. Of course, you may not remember this, but I do!