Suprise Me

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When I bemoaned some terrible day I had had, she probably did say "there'll be days like this". . . but you'll get through them. Read More

What was the best thing about Belleville? That it was only 13 miles from Manhattan. Read More

The scamming emails seem to come in constantly. Fortunately, they generally go into my spam folder and I never even see them. Here’s one of the most recent ones: Greetings, I was searching through a local business directory when I found your profile. I am Soliciting On-Behalf of my private client who is interested in… Read More

Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a high school far, far away, there was a computer date dance. Read More

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When I was little — practically from birth — I had a best friend named Bette. Her parents were good friends with my parents, and she had two older sisters whose ages roughly corresponded to the ages of my older sisters. Our two families rented houses next door to each other at Lake Hopatcong every summer.… Read More

How do you reconcile heartbreak and fear, sadness and jeopardy, and the sense that everything is ending? You don’t. Read More

We decided to take our first-ever trip to Italy and began planning in 2010. The trip took place in October, 2011. We reached out to our wonderful and well-traveled Vineyard neighbor, who delights in offering travel suggestions. We told him our thoughts about destinations and price points for accommodations, he came back with a variety… Read More

Life is weird right now, but not terrible. I'm sad about Molly's graduation being cancelled, and not singing with my choir. Read More