Suprise Me

Mistakes were made ... but not by me! Read More

9/11  I’ll never forget the date my husband’s college roommate Joel came from Newton, Massachusetts to spend a few days with us in New York – it was Monday,  September 10, 2001. On that Monday Joel drove down from Newton to New York’s JFK airport.  His cousin and her three kids were arriving from Israel… Read More

Hermine’s Morning Joe I happen to be a tea drinker,  but I do like the smell of coffee brewing,  and when the coffee smells especially good I think of my wonderful mother-in-law Hermine. My mother was a good cook,  but Hermine was an extraordinary one.   I,  on the other hand,  never prided myself on… Read More

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My tried and true approach to all problems with technology: Turn it off and turn it back on. Nine times out of ten, the problem is mysteriously fixed. Read More

How would the world be different if Gore had won that election? Alternative histories are notoriously difficult to predict. Read More

My first two kids were pretty tame as teens, so when I learned about the ambulance in front of our house and every neighbor standing outside watching, it was a shock. Child #3 was far more social than her sibs, and she threw quite a party in my absence. Of course, my husband and I… Read More

Why did my parents give me the most popular girl's name of the Fifties? I guess they just liked it. Read More

I was never really satisfied, but basically gave up on achieving the ideal arch I'd been searching for most of my life. I mean, while doing other things and actually HAVING a life. Read More

We pair up with strangers, hold hands and look into each other’s eyes for an extended period of time; we change partners and smile goofily at one another for another extended period of time; we fall backwards into yet another stranger’s arms and trust that we’ll be caught. Read More