Shirley, Shirley Bo-ber-ley, ba-na-na fanna Fo-fer-ley. fee fi mo-mer-ley, Shirley! No, that's not the name game I'm talking about. Read More

Alternative song title (courtesy of The Police): Don't Stand So Close To Me Read More

At different times in my life, I have had different "tribes," but for the last 22 years it has been the choir at my synagogue. Read More

I wish now that I had spent more time being a caregiver for my mother in the last years of her life. Read More

Half-birthdays and pirates make Leap Day more than just another day. 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

The story is about my father, who was born in 1909, got his bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in 1928 or '29, went to work as a pharmacist in the family drugstore, but wanted to be a doctor, Read More

I've looked at children's TV from both sides now, as a child in the '50s, and as a parent in the '90s. Read More

Everywhere you look this week, you see Super Bowl LIV. I have to laugh. Where else in American society does anyone use Roman numerals any more? The only places I can think of are the cornerstones of buildings (and now I’m wondering if modern buildings even have cornerstones) and the copyright date shown in the… Read More

I have made a total of eight moves in my life, and it is astonishing how many details I have forgotten. Read More