Suprise Me

As if a career in music isn’t perilous enough, American musician Robin Goldsby and her bassist husband take on a few critters roaming the German countryside.  Thwack. Or is it thwump? Skittle, scratch, scrape, thwop. It’s a quarter to three and there’s no one in the place except you and me—thonk—and Dumbo? Has a baby elephant… Read More

I do have a sense of humor, but please don’t tease me or make me (or someone else because I’m an overly empathic person) the butt of a prank or practical joke. Read More

It was the scrotum of a canine, not even that of a boy or a man that got this award-winning book banned from certain schools and libraries. Read More

The sauce was a perfect blend of mayonnaise, summer vacation, Tom Terrific, rainbows, and ambrosia. Read More

What can a six year old really get out of foreign travel? Read More

Nude on Blue Rug  1970 Our Pearlstein Nude One weekend many years ago Danny and I visited friends in Pittsburgh and they took us to a local art gallery. We had no intention of buying anything but one lithograph  – Nude on Blue Rug – caught our eye,  perhaps partly because we had a very similar… Read More

Crossing the bottleneck of a bridge required maneuvering through a tangle of feeder lanes, timing the rush hour, and most of all having good traffic karma. Read More

  I’ve always had lousy feet. As a child I had to wear “orthopedic shoes” with arch support in them (saddle shoes in the summer, some black velveteen things in the winter, but always heavy, laced up shoes). Never sneakers, never sandals. Not enough support. I rebelled in 6th grade, while my mother was in… Read More

I thought being on a jury would be helpful in my career as a trial lawyer, and I also thought it would be fun! Read More

So what should we do? The best I can do is say, "It depends." That enough uncertainty for you? Read More