Suprise Me

My dad lost his Chrysler dealership, due to bad business deals and the UAW going on strike, leaving him with no inventory, in 1967. My mother’s 1967 Plymouth Valiant was the last car to come from that dealership. I student taught my senior year at Brandeis and needed a car, so I bought it from… Read More

"It was bashert," she used to say, using the Yiddish word for destiny Read More

Malcolm I never imagined that after decades of friendship we and Malcolm would become estranged,  but regrettably it happened. He and my husband Danny roomed together in college and remained very close.  Mal was the most sophisticated one in their crowd  – he bought his clothes at Brooks,  went to Dunhill’s for his pipe tobacco,… Read More

Moon River was almost cut from Breakfast at Tiffany's; fortunately they kept it in and it won the Oscar for best original song. Read More

Mean, malicious, or mendacious? Just plain fun? To advance a personal agenda? What qualifies? Some rumors serve a noble end. In an unnamed presidential administration, White House staffers discovered to their dismay that only truly important people were invited to the annual Christas party, with invitees limited to high level, close to the Oval Office… Read More

My first horse auction turned into a lifesaver in a time of painful and life-changing events. Read More

Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman . . ." And the 'woman' said, "Say, what?" And God said, "Let the games begin." Read More

I mostly remember taking my fountain pen and writing tiny, neat lines to cram the most onto the aerogram sheet. Read More

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I believe they loved each other, but that's never enough. Not for an entire life together. Read More