Suprise Me

The 1930 census had my aunt's name as Ruchel and my mother's name as Henayeta. Huh? Read More

I have certainly done things that would have made for juicy gossip, I just don't know whether they got talked about or not. Read More

Earlier, life seemed to be an endless acquisition of information and experience.  More and more stuffed into my brain.  At some point, that balance seems to have tipped into forgetting more than remembering. Read More

Boredom is a state of mind that doesn’t need to exist, especially for children. Read More

Thankfully, one summer 52 years ago my husband I made an impractical and probably irresponsible choice. It turned out to be one of the best decisions of our lives. Read More

When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the news media became a national unifier. Would the same be true today? Read More

I never knew my grandparents. They died long before I was born. My father died before he could describe them to me. Given the circumstances surrounding his time with them, I doubt that he could have told me much. Therefore, my fact-or-fiction report springs from primary source materials including pictures, letters, and newspaper articles and… Read More

Life After 60 Like most of us I’m sure my life has had many turning points  – one certainly was leaving home after college,  another my first job.  And then marriage,  and parenthood,  and that three ring circus as a working woman/wife/mother! And then in my early 60s I retired after my long career as… Read More

Once Upon a time…and still… hair was the most important thing. To the day my mother died, the first thing we did when we saw each other was comment on each other’s hair. Mom would either say, “That’s a great haircut, Penny,” or “What did you do to your hair?” Or anything in between. (My… Read More

“We are your bad conscience,” said one of the leaflets. “Everyone wants to exonerate himself from his share of the blame … But it cannot be done: everyone is guilty! guilty! guilty!”" Read More