Doctors Hospital and the Very Sharp Cheese Plane Until it closed in 2004 and the building was razed to make way for a new luxury high rise,  Doctors Hospital stood on East End Avenue two blocks from our apartment. Opened in 1929 as a small, private hospital,  originally for maternity cases,  it was soon favored… Read More

When Dan does something, he gives it 100% and that was the way he again took up bicycling in 2018. He had his first bike accident the day he got his fancy new bike. The tubeless tires fell apart, so that accident wasn’t on him, though he was still taken to the ER and I,… Read More

Doctors and patients: the body politic. Read More

We were mostly silent, except for her husband, who cried softly Read More

Having been in federal law enforcement for most of my adult life, I was involved in many court trials.  As the investigator, I was aware of most of the facts on both sides of the case, not just the prosecutions.  Watching jurors during trial I have always wondered what it would be like to sit… Read More

The jury system is a good one, but not infallible. Variables other than facts in the case can sway jurors. Read More

… I really liked watching   No one asked me but I liked I like Raymond Burr in Perry Mason so much and later Rock Hudson in McMillan & Wife that I just accepted their chosen lifestyles with no judgements whatsoever. Read More

Munro – Germany 1945  Munro Our son’s middle name is Munro.  It’s a Scottish name and a bit unusual for an American kid,  but it’s in keeping with the Jewish tradition of naming a child for someone beloved who has passed away.  In fact the Munro we knew had been a mentor to my husband… Read More

I thought being on a jury would be helpful in my career as a trial lawyer, and I also thought it would be fun! Read More

All of this is absolutely true... Read More