Suprise Me

Ever lose somebody without saying goodbye? A friend goes off to war, he wasn’t drafted, he enlisted, it’s been awhile, you’ve gone in opposite directions. No rancor, just divergence, then gone. A girlfriend slides into her father’s car to drive home too late. You lean down, kiss her through the window. She’s so pretty, her… Read More

I was an exuberant reader, often reading by flashlight under the covers when I was supposed to be sleeping. I heard my 3rd grade teacher telling someone in the school hallway that I tested at a 10th grade level at that tender age. I loved “girl” books and there were plenty in my household, hand-me-downs… Read More

The Puppy in the Waiting Room  I don’t know if I really remember some of the stories my parents would tell about my naughty or my endearing childhood antics,  or if I’ve heard them so often I think I do.  But I remember how we found Fluffy in the waiting room as if it happened… Read More

Remembering a dear member of OUR family Read More

One might think that drive-ins would be a big thing in the Motor City, since Detroit was the birthplace of the car culture, but I have only one memory of going to a drive-in movie. As a youngster, the whole family piled into my dad’s Imperial. He owned a Chrysler dealership and always had the… Read More

I started cooking because I was hungry. In fact, I'm still hungry—all the time. Read More

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

There are flashes of behaviors and preferences, most of them quirky, that I have which are just like my mother's. Read More

Wisdom in the Weeds When I retired friends asked me what I would do with all my free time. ”Oh,  I don’t know,”  I told them,  “probably just more of the same things I enjoy – theater,  travel, tennis.” ”Why don’t you try something new,  try gardening,” one friend suggested,  “it’s great physical exercise and surprisingly… Read More

A non-comprehensive list of TV crushes, comedy, great writing, and escapism. Read More