Suprise Me

Trump signs are thankfully MIA, and Biden signs are relatively rare, since this preference is assumed. Read More

The Democratic Party has won the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, but lost the office of the President due to the Electoral College. The Electoral College has GOT to go! The framers of the Constitution had a population made up heavily of farmers, many of whom were illiterate and lived… Read More

The Dinner Party I’ve written about my mother Jessie before and some of the things she’s told me – among them how to approach difficult tasks,  and how to rectify mistakes made – and I try to heed her words.   (See  My Game Mother, Elbow Grease   and Art Imitates Life) Jessie was a high school… Read More

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

Miss Garcelon decided, for whatever reason, that she was going to teach a bunch of six-year-olds about the human body. Read More

Excerpted from Rocked in Time, a work in progress. Read More

We were going to a-go-go and the devil be damned. Read More

Clarinet and singing lessons turn into torture for a young boy going through puberty. Read More

Tapestry A few years ago my husband’s college roommate Ken invited us to join him on a trip to Normandy.   I had a bit of a hassle replacing my missing travel documents,  but eventually all was resolved.  (See The Purloined Passport) We flew first to Paris where we visited with family and friends, then rented… Read More

I love parties! I almost always have a great time at them. Certainly college parties are among my fondest memories of those years. But for me, the good ones don’t seem to make for interesting stories. So here’s a story about the worst party of my life. 1966. The drinking age in New Jersey was… Read More