Suprise Me

Daisy was a wonderful singer and taught me many songs, including "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "Go Tell Aunt Rhody." Read More

But I do think some of the changes necessitated by the pandemic will be positive ones if we choose to learn from them. Read More

Extropy — an evolving system of tools, methods, and techniques guided by values and standards intended to improve the human condition. Read More

That sixties summer, George loved his car and I loved George. Read More

A Life in Baseball Caps Although I can’t remember the specifics,  we each must have brought some head gear into the marriage.  (We eloped so surely there were no top hats or bridal veils in our luggage that day!) When we met we were both NY Yankee fans –  me legitimately so as a Bronx… Read More

Ramblings of a chocolate fanatic Read More

I hope I can order the salami early enough to avoid the cost of last minute delivery via cab from New York City. Read More

Time and the Taxi Man Many years ago on the last day of our Jamaican honeymoon the hotelkeeper called a taxi to take us from Ocho Rios to Montego Bay for our flight home. When the driver picked us up he worried aloud that we hadn’t left enough time for the 100 kilometer trip,  and… Read More

I was in the high school class of 1968, indelibly stamped. When that year was still the future, it represented that border between childhood dependency and my real life, whatever that might mean.  I had known nothing but childhood, but I felt ready for things to turn.  Read More

    Unkie (Aunts and Uncles) My uncle was a sailor in the war. I called him Unkie. My earliest memories of him had him in that dark blue wool uniform with the white cap; the square shoulder flap like a small cape. Since our extended family treated him with such respect, I did too.… Read More