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Educator of the Year – Remembering Milton
Educator of the Year – Remembering Milton I wasn’t on the faculty at Jane Addams High School for long before I realized [...]
I Remember It Well
I find myself walking into a room and saying "What did I come in here for?" This happens more often than I care to admit.
If they asked me, I could write a book
If not for Retrospect, I would probably not be writing at all.
Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat
We would go to Bloomingdale's and Saks and try on all the hats in the hat department until the sales people threw us out.
Painful Still
The memories are still painful. A close friend once wished I could have a selective lobotomy to block them out. My family [...]
To My Leapling, My Leapie, My Leaper
Bette Midler loaned one of her legendary mermaid outfits to Susan for the festival parade.
Candlelight and cops
What was most unnerving? The police presence. While they weren't in riot gear, rows of cops stood their ground, clubs at the [...]
Words with Suzy
Words with Suzy I’m not much of a gamester although both my parents played bridge, my dad played chess, and my mom played [...]
Eat At Home
We ate in the kitchen at a big round table that had plenty of room, even when there were seven of us there.
Rowboat
Rowboat When I was young my grandmother ran a small hotel on a lake in the Catskills, and I’ve written about the idyllic [...]
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