Suprise Me

Jeff lived next door to my close friend Sherry, so I hung out at her house, trying to make myself visible without being too pushy. That’s what girls did in 1970. Boys did the asking to the prom. Read More

But little hands lifted the top of the garbage pail, and discovered the resting place of the gumdrop tree. Read More

“Thank you, doctor,” I said via my own expressive raised eyebrow, accented by genuflection.  I went back outside. Read More

The bottom of the gym suit consisted of … bloomers. Yes, ballooning from the waist and ending in tight elastic at the widest part of the thigh. Read More

I was a child of 8 on January 20, 1961. We came home from our Detroit elementary school for lunch each day. I knew the Kennedy Inauguration was special. The couple had magnetism and charisma to spare and I was caught up in the magic of the moment. I wolfed down my tuna sandwich leaning… Read More

It was our friend Jack who recommended Aidan to us. We needed someone to paint the house interior, and he assured us that Aidan was the best.  He was also an artist, a perfectionist, and a quixotic Irish fellow who presented us with a four-page estimate in hand-written calligraphy.  Yes, he was available, and yes,… Read More

After five hours of nothing to see but clouds and water, it always took my breath away. Read More

His cardinal rule: to the outside world we must always present a united front. Read More

Here are some of the pets in my life, my own and other people's, that deserve recognition for their names or other notable attributes. Read More

The schtick was to make the parents guilty that their children were falling behind in school and things would get dire if they didn't get the encyclopedia. Read More