Suprise Me

Sometimes, feathering your own nest nearly thrusts you into the next nest over. Read More

Windows fogged, bad shocks rocking, breathing like final breaths on a battlefield, bucket seats belong on kayaks, Danny Kaye got rich and nobody knew what he looked like. Read More

I stopped using my diaphragm. Not surprisingly, I got pregnant. Read More

Does anyone remember the days when it was acceptable, even encouraged, to drink at lunch? This story takes place on June 4, 1976. It will later become evident how I remember the exact date. Dan and I both worked at our first jobs at SofTech – he as a programmer; I, a Program Librarian (glorified… Read More

Sometimes a guy just needs his big sister (although he doesn't always want her to know it!) Read More

He traced his commitment to wearing hats to his first jury trial. Read More

I didn’t notice when Suzanne first showed up. We unloaded the stage, carried it into the theater, and assembled it behind the proscenium, a stage upon a stage. First came the wine barrels, then the interlocking frame, and finally the wooden platforms. We lashed the backdrop to the uprights and, with a shout from cast… Read More

Growing up Thanksgiving meant dinner with two parents five of us kids three grandparents one aunt one uncle one cousin one great uncle one great grandmother  laughing loving kissing hugging drinking thanking jabbering gobbling  spilling over, no distance between us.   Now comes Covid rising with masks and elbow bumps  six feet here six feet there sanitizer… Read More

I learned that anything worth knowing requires study, commitment, and sustained hard work. Read More

... so I picked up a tape of Night at the Opera and a large block of dark chocolate, and we all had a fun time that New Year's Eve. Read More