Rosie and Milt,  the Literary Lady and the Second Story Man My uncle Milton wasn’t exactly a hardened criminal,  but the truth is he was once caught breaking and entering. Most of the time Milt was a mild-mannered, slightly absent-minded professor of chemistry at Smith College and lived with my aunt Roseanne in Northampton, Massachusetts… Read More

No Dice! Try as I might, in my seven decades – most of which were lived in New York City of all places – I can’t remember being the victim of any shady deals or crooked schemes. I never shot craps in Vegas nor have I even been to Foxwoods. I was never conned in… Read More

WHY I BLOG One evening several years ago, with no forethought that I recall,  I sat down and determined to start a blog.  Some friends were already blogging and I loved reading their posts.  But although I had always enjoyed writing and had taken some writing workshops over the years (and even had a stack… Read More

Our Noisy Nanny When my maternity leave came to an end and I was ready to go back to my teaching job, we knew we needed a nanny for our toddler. Mary R  had cleaned house for us weekly for years and we asked if she could care for Noah while I was at school.… Read More

The Great Hampton Babysitter Heist  When our son Noah was very young we spent several summers in the Hamptons in a rented house a short drive from both the beach and the town. One summer my husband Danny invited his business colleague Stan to join us for the weekend with his wife Lynn and their… Read More

Aruba Nights Somewhere among all the art work, photos,  and birthday cards I’ve saved over the years are a few sheets of drawing paper with crayoned sketches,  fastened together with string to make a little book – a precious  piece of memorabilia from my son’s childhood. Noah must have been about four when we took… Read More

My Game Mother When I was a child my grandmother owned a small hotel in the Catskills where my family spent idyllic summers.  Sadly when I was 11 she was no longer able to run it and the hotel was sold.  But when I think about the hotel, it seems only yesterday we were all… Read More

Danny‘s beloved 2004 T-bird,  slightly scratched  Fender Bender When my husband Danny turned 60 he bought himself a birthday present – a light green Ford Thunderbird convertible.  Needless to say he loved that car,  and although I’d always thought of cars as basic transportation,  I must confess I loved that T-bird too! At first Danny… Read More