Suprise Me

The lies we told each other—and ourselves. Read More

I was always a good student, a striver, a high achiever, I got straight A’s. Until it came to penmanship. There I fell apart and got C’s. My second grade teacher, responsible for teaching cursive, called my mother in, bemoaning my lack of manual dexterity and told my mother to teach me knitting as a… Read More

As one of our guides said, “They disappeared.” Only their shoes remained behind. Some of them were so tiny. Read More

As the Covid pandemic gripped us in fear and sadness, working from home, I felt a growing need for cheerful, upbeat things. Read More

Physical Education, or Gym as we called it, was by far my least favorite class in high school. First of all, we had to wear these horrible gymsuits, one-piece numbers that snapped up the front. They were hideous looking things, as you can see from the Featured Image. No girl looked good in them, no… Read More

As a recidivist perpetrator of attempted humor, I know full well that “LOL”* is no substitute for a belly laugh. Read More

I really need to start writing this. But first ... gotta to check facebook ... play a move in 18 WWF games ... plan dinner. Read More

Poke-Nook,  the Lost Glove,  and My Cousin Isly Our late friend Arnie Reisman was a poet and filmmaker,  and also a regular panelist on Says You,  a witty NPR radio show about words.  Over the years I learned a lot from Arnie and his literate pals.  For example,  did you know that the dark,  cavernous… Read More

I had been desperately awaiting this day for more than two months, but the insurrection two weeks earlier had me terrified. Read More

Our cousin Betty, before she became a celebrity to the pre-school set, was in a Broadway musical called Cafe Crown. Read More