Suprise Me

Route 46 was the go-to road from my early childhood in the 1950s to the day in 1972 that I left New Jersey for good. Read More

Parkchester, Celebrate Me Home My hometown?  Like many of us I guess I can claim more than one –  born in Charleston, SC but bred in the Bronx with idyllic summers spent at our family-run hotel in the Catskills.  (See My Heart Remembers My Grandmother’s Hotel,  The Troubadour, Hotel Kittens, The Cat and the Forshpeiz, and My Game Mother)… Read More

My life today is all about memories. I share them from the past and make them for the future. Growing up, my grandmother gave me the greatest gift of all…her undivided time and attention. She made it great fun to practice proper English, posture and penmanship. She treated me with respect and kindness and always… Read More

I might have been a top software sales rep in my former life, but I never understood how to code or the underlying workings of the software. EVER! I could always call on a smart professional from my division for help going from the general to the specifics of how my company could help the… Read More

Duck and cover seemed the height of folly, and I'd never felt immortal. Read More

When we decided to downsize and move from our home of 45 years to a condo, we never dreamed we would have so much time to sort and travel down memory lane. Deciding what to keep or donate or discard became a DIY project during our #stayathome approach to being seniors who should avoid exposure… Read More

“Thank you, doctor,” I said via my own expressive raised eyebrow, accented by genuflection.  I went back outside. Read More

... so I picked up a tape of Night at the Opera and a large block of dark chocolate, and we all had a fun time that New Year's Eve. Read More

Stressed, unhappy parents create stressed, unhappy children. Read More

You could relax there, she thinks. You could get away from it all. Read More