Frances KuffelDear War Veterans:I can guess at why you keep your war experiences to yourself. Perhaps, you think, if you tell civilians what happened over “there,” we will…·6 min read·Nov 11, 2021----
Frances KuffelWhat Is the Ex-President Thinking?I was reading the Harry Potter series when I was struck down by the flu in late January. I had a cough, minor temperature swings, dream…·6 min read·Mar 4, 2021----
Frances KuffelBreakfast Hacks from the RoomsOnce upon a time I was a Stepford Wife in one of the many 12-Step programs for compulsive eating/not eating. I lost 188 pounds. The magic…·5 min read·Oct 6, 2020----
Frances KuffelLetter from a Reader: “My beautiful 15 year old girl who just poured her heart out to me about how…This is the heartbreaking gist of a mother’s seeking help that won’t hurt her daughter’s self-esteem.·8 min read·May 9, 2020--2--2
Frances KuffelCasual Observations on Social Distancing from a Semi-AgoraphobeI’m obsessed with numbers. I lived in New York for over thirty years and the situation is so drastic that the first thing I check every…·6 min read·Mar 31, 2020----
Frances KuffelThe Gingerbread Cookie as a History of the Middle Age WorldIt begins, with sugar, originally cultivated in Polynesia and then imported to India. It continues with war, the sixth century Persians…·8 min read·Dec 22, 2019----
Frances KuffelWhy I SmokeI was suffering through a terrible depressive episode when a friend advised me to go outside and get some fresh air.·4 min read·Nov 2, 2019--1--1
Frances KuffelDear Ms. KuffelI could see that much in the gray of the unopened email and I knew that the news I’d expecting for a month — that I was fired from a…·4 min read·Oct 18, 2019--1--1
Frances KuffelThe Frelationship TestSeventeen months ago he posted a photograph on Facebook of himself kissing a woman on the cheek. It was one of four or five photos of a…·4 min read·Sep 28, 2019--1--1
