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Janet Silver Ghent

Janet Silver Ghent

Janet Silver Ghent, a retired senior editor at J., is the author of “Love Atop a Keyboard: A Memoir of Late-life Love” (Mascot Press). She lives in Palo Alto and can be reached at [email protected].

an ornate tea cup on a saucer with a golden spoon
Posted inAct Two

Did our tea-making savvy sink in the Boston Harbor?

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 15, 2022
Jewish women protesting for abortion rights in the 1970s. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Women International)
Posted inOpinion

Would my 1971 ‘missed abortion’ be criminal in a post-Roe world?

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent May 11, 2022May 12, 2022
Twenty-two years after Judy Jacobs (far left) and Mary Garmo Gold (third from right) were bridesmaids at her wedding, Janet joins them every month or so for lunch in Alameda. (Photo/Cathleen Maclearie)
Posted inAct Two

That’s what old friends are for — especially as we age

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent March 17, 2022
André Leon Talley at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inAct Two

André Leon Talley, Oprah and me

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 7, 2022February 7, 2022
Janet Silver Ghent and Allen Podell disembark at Montevideo for a city tour and tango performance.
Posted inAct Two

When CDC said ‘Don’t cruise,’ our sails were already up

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent January 13, 2022February 4, 2022
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inAct Two

Who needs a little Christmas? At one time, I did.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 28, 2021
Janet Silver Ghent examines her many paint color choices.
Posted inAct Two

If you want to live in a Smurf house, I can help with colors

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 2, 2021
A medical worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine at Barzilai Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on Dec. 20, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Gil Cohen-Magen-AFP via Getty)
Posted inAct Two

My granddaughter won’t get vaccinated, and I can’t change her mind

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 18, 2021October 18, 2021
(Photo/Flickr-enki22 CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Together again! This High Holidays, our choir was truly magical.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent September 22, 2021September 29, 2021
Ari Sklar (left) and Ashton Sklar participate in a drive-in Yom Kippur service put on by Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in North Miami, Sept. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inAct Two

Asking forgiveness year after year — it’s what we do

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 26, 2021

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