Suprise Me

To say that baseball in the former Eastern bloc is developing would be a compliment. Read More

The epitome of grace, class, and intelligence, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was, from the time I was very young, my idol. She married John F. Kennedy when I was a baby and she set about having babies too. She was married to JFK a mere 10 years and was pregnant five times, resulting in only… Read More

The most memorable hotel I have ever stayed at is Mohonk Mountain House, for its architecture, comfort, and -yes- food. Read More

My friend Hirth died five years ago, today. I don't think he'll mind if I bring that up. Whatever I did, he was down with it; whatever he did, I was down with him. Read More

We had a whole ten days off, a fiftieth birthday to celebrate, a new telescope to try out, and a good grasp of Spanish.  A map.  No GPS, smart phone, or travel internet then. Read More

By halfway through the episodes, I found myself recalling a lot of the vocabulary from my French A class back in 1967-68. Read More

Mother was very insecure and depressed. She didn’t like to cook, had a maid for much her of life, didn’t know how to do laundry or iron, wasn’t good at domestic chores. She got by. Her entire life, she never drove on a highway. She didn’t like her own looks and projected that displeasure and… Read More

Don't agonize... Organize! — Mother Jones Read More

Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out, GTO. Yeah, that was me. Read More

Once it got dark, the kids would hit the residential streets in roving bands gone wild, armed with big bags, running to each porchlight to cry, “Trickertreat!" at the door. Read More