Suprise Me

Don’t Know Much About History I’m sure most of us with birthdays inching up to four score haven’t gotten this far in life without chalking up some regrets. Did I pursue my early aspirations for an actor’s life?  I didn’t – a reget.  (See Theatre Dreams) On our honeymoon we met a lovely couple from New… Read More

Now, I’m starting to know how my mother felt about tech support — dazed and confused. Read More

Is it daydreaming if it's dark out? Read More

Let us set aside the mechanical act of moving the clock hands forward, and think instead on the clock's underlying  connection to the seasonal changes in our natural world... Read More

We were looking for somewhere to buy a boom box to play CD music for our elopement ceremony in Niagara Falls, and someone suggested Canadian Tire.  Incredulous, we had to ask why an automotive service center would have such a thing and were met with an amused look and explanation that the store carried much… Read More

>If you are going car camping it’s really easy because weight is not an issue. Here’s where convenience comes into play. Canned goods are your friend. You can take cans of things that just heat and eat for a good dinner, say for instance chili or tamales. When I heat up a can of soup… Read More

I don’t remember if the first time Homer broke a hole in one of the lower screens and escaped was during a thunderstorm, or during some Fourth of July fireworks... Read More

This story is something of a confession: I have had memorable episodes of boredom when I've been around other people ... Read More

The people of "La Po’lvora," and especially the children, will always remain in my heart and mind as exemplars of the utmost courtesy and compassion in a time of dire need. They showed us something much deeper than just “good manners.” Read More

Fear of the Other I’m a white woman who for years worked in a public high school in New York’s inner city –  in fact in the infamous south Bronx of Fort Apache fame. I usually carpooled to work with fellow teachers  but at times took the subway from my upper east-side Manhattan neighborhood .  As… Read More