Suprise Me

Going home can produce dramatic results, but probably not the ones you were expecting. Read More

He [Wiilliams] was a tall, striking man, and he had a distinctive trait when he sang: he didn't make gestures of any kind. Rather, he stood completely still, with his arms at his sides, and let his voice carry the message, and what a voice it was, strong and flexible, and he could do anything with it, even sing a few lines of Everyday in a near yodel. Read More

Virtual Seder like it's 1999. Read More

Fears, Phobias & FOMO Fears? Hmmm. Phobias? Double Hmmm. I’ve scanned through the decades of my life and come up short.  Discrete memories of discomfort are vivid, but they remain in their specific time and space, like my discomfort riding at over night camp.  To be sure I have dislikes, like severe turbulence, but fortunately… Read More

Over the years, we've chatted about spouses, and more recently, aging parents. Philip knows me well ... Read More

This guy Heinlein could really tell a story. Read More

After my mother was pronounced dead, my sister-in-law handed me the diamond necklace Mom always wore. Read More

By Ginger Smith Bate Until Simon and I became parents, Father’s Day meant nothing to me. I bought my first Father’s Day card when my son was six months old. Since then we celebrate the day with a favorite meal, cards, and a couple of small gifts. I remind Julian the day before that he… Read More

Annette was more like the sister I always wished for than a cousin. Read More

I write because I have to. I write because I can’t not. I write because I want to. Read More