A decade ago, I launched melanirobinson.com. I loved everything about that launch because I had a talented designer who was able to take the look and feel I described and transfer that to a space that reflected who I was in that moment. I had just ended a year of online dating, one that I chronicled on the blog 1 Year of Online Dating at 50. I was…

My beloved dog, Kate, has died. For almost 18 years she was my companion and huge source of joy. Kate was the smartest dog I’ve ever had and her ability to anticipate what I wanted, and then do it before I asked, constantly amazed me.

I have read The New York Times  “Modern Love” column for at least a decade. The writing is consistently beautiful, and the stories, each unique, have a magical ability to take the reader to places she or he might not normally trek. It has been one of my writing goals to have an essay published in “Modern Love.”