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Act Two

Janet Silver Ghent's very own Mr. Fix-It
Posted inAct Two

Home repair project? I never nix it now that I’ve got Mr. Fix-It

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 9, 2023
An Underwood Olivetti typewriter (Photo/Ronn ashore via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND)
Posted inAct Two

Margaret Mead was wrong: Thank God I can type

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 21, 2022
The author (right) and her daughter, Niki Ghent Wickenhiser, at a family birthday celebration Oct. 15 at Il Fornaio in Palo Alto.
Posted inSeniors

Who is that stranger in the mirror? It’s me at 80.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
Cornwall feels just slightly less picturesque when you have Covid.
Posted inAct Two

Another travel misadventure: Title it ‘Covid in Cornwall’

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 11, 2022August 10, 2022
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

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