If there were a fitting phrase to describe my academic prowess in elementary school, I believe I would have been described as an  “airhead”, My elementary school reports were mediocre.  My kindergarten report  card was sprinkled with a few “N’s” for “Needs Improvement”, and  the comment on my kindergarten report card  was  “talks too much… Read More

A Family Heirloom, treasured, but never used. Read More

My family was one of the last in our community to get a television.  Although my Dad was quite a “news wonk”, his current events information came from newspapers. and radio. Even after we got a t.v.  I don’t recall our family watching the  news very much. The legendary  names of the broadcasting greats from… Read More

“You’re giving the baby the plain middle name of 'Jane' when you’re already sticking her with the name 'Sara'”? Read More

School summer vacation compositions......ugh Read More

Nostalgia for letter writing in the old fashioned way. Read More

But here we were, far from  home, fresh, excited and full of expectations.  Even the toilet paper was an adventure as we filed into our first English restroom. “Government Property” was printed on its waxy finish Read More

My Father's Religion was the Democratic Party Read More

I left the big bad city for a safe haven. Read More

In westerns, Sarah was always the “good woman”, never a dance hall gal. Read More

Every Easter Sunday my mother dressed me, a Jewish child, in my best finery, fancy bonnet and all.  My older brother was discouraged from  going to  the local basketball court in his sweats and sneakers. The   unspoken message we were being taught was one of my mother’s cardinal rules of conduct called  a “shanda… Read More

I kiss my father's smiling face.  Such a brilliant mind trapped by dementia Read More

I loved live theater (and still do!).  I saw my first Broadway show at the age of 5 and was smitten.  I imagined that someday I would sing, dance and act my way to stardom.   Read More

 I don’t remember being jealous, but  I went  into  “mooching mode” by  watching other peoples’ televisions. Read More

...when we planned a trip to Southeast Asia after our double retirement from teaching, I took along  “The Lonely Planet”,  a guidebook for budget travelers and backpackers....wanting to relive our youthful adventures Read More

Sunday night, I could not figure out  a problem with my computer, so  I went into the den and asked my husband Lenny,  who was watching the Super Bowl, for a solution.   I started to carefully explain the situation , when  suddenly I realized that I was rambling on and conversing with myself.  “Can’t this wait until half-time?” Lenny asks.  I paused and mused……I was having a sports widow moment. Read More