Suprise Me

How to Raise a City Kid Years ago when our son was a toddler many of our friends began fleeing to the suburbs.  They couldn’t imagine raising a child in Manhattan with all the dirt and crime. “But think of  the culture!”,  I would say. At the Met Museum five-year-old Noah,  wide-eyed at Arms &… Read More

My first serious hobby was philately . . . I didn't know it as "philately" until Tom Lehrer rhymed it with Lady Chatterley. Read More

After my mother was pronounced dead, my sister-in-law handed me the diamond necklace Mom always wore. Read More

It was a fall afternoon when Ron and his friend appeared with the acid and what the hell, we had nothing better to do. Read More

I was always an attentive son,  it was difficult at first to ignore my mom but I eventually got use to it.  I learned to lie.   Read More

I had one opportunity to spend a few days with my brother and some other road comics. The scene was southern California in the late 1980s. Hugh was working constantly--a lot of college campuses as well as comedy clubs. Read More

"send cash" … or "send ash" Read More

Sometimes an interstate exit can lead you to a new life, even in the midst of tragedy. Read More

My Game Mother When I was a child my grandmother owned a small hotel in the Catskills where my family spent idyllic summers.  Sadly when I was 11 she was no longer able to run it and the hotel was sold.  But when I think about the hotel, it seems only yesterday we were all… Read More

When we work together, there is a greater chance we can solve the problem, from rescuing a tortoise to tackling the huge issues that plague our neighborhoods and our country. Read More