Greetings, and welcome to my new subscribers! The Embassy Cable is a monthly look behind the stories in Embassy Kid: An American Foreign Service Family Memoir, and the view from my writing desk as I share the book. It's a behind-the-scenes look at my memoir-in-progress, Amsterdam Strong: Becoming Unstoppable, a bit about what I'm reading…
Greetings, and welcome to my new subscribers! The Embassy Cable is a monthly look behind the stories in Embassy Kid: An American Foreign Service Family Memoir, and the view from my writing desk as I share the book. It's a behind-the-scenes look at my memoir-in-progress, Amsterdam Strong: Becoming Unstoppable, a bit about what I'm reading…
Greetings, and welcome to my new subscribers! The Embassy Cable is a monthly look behind the stories in Embassy Kid: An American Foreign Service Family Memoir, and the view from my writing desk as I share the book. It's a behind-the-scenes look at my memoir-in-progress, Amsterdam Strong: Becoming Unstoppable, a bit about what I'm reading…
A monthly look behind the stories in Embassy Kid: An American Foreign Service Family Memoir, and the view from my writing desk as I share the book. What I'm writing, reading, and watching. And, as always, a couple of closing pictures of Kumba, my rescue Lab and therapy dog. More Photos From Jane’s Childhood: Images…
A monthly look behind the stories in Embassy Kid: An American Foreign Service Family Memoir, and the view from my writing desk as I share the book. What I'm reading. Today, in honor of Foreign Service Day, there is a special essay. And, as always, a couple of closing pictures of Kumba, my rescue Lab…
A monthly look behind the stories in Embassy Kid: An American Foreign Service Family Memoir, the view from my writing desk as I share the book, and a preview of what I’m working on. What I’m reading and what I’m watching. A couple of closing pictures of Kumba, my rescue Lab and therapy dog. And…
my father's work was public diplomacy My father’s Foreign Service career with the United States Information Agency (USIA) during the Cold War was devoted to supporting the democratic values that defined America’s global relationships after World War II, including freedom (of the press, of assembly, of elections) and the rule of law. The work was the…
NOTE: This essay was published in the South Florida Sun Sentinel on December 28, 2025. On January 23, 1958, the Venezuelan people ousted a dictator and installed South America’s longest-lasting democracy, a historic feat that ended with the authoritarian governments of Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro. The sixty-eighth anniversary of the overthrow of…
We are living through a wholly unamerican presidency that has cast aside the norms that have sustained our Constitutional principles. Former White House counsel Ty Cobb, speaking on the PBS NewsHour about the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, warned that this White House’s attack on the rule of law now puts not only…
Military service matters. Every Memorial Day, Americans honor those who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. The men and women who have served in the armed forces are greeted with the expression: “Thank you for your service.” Civilian public servants don’t get the same recognition. During my career with New York State government, I…