Suprise Me

New Leaf Over the years we’ve thrown some big milestone parties –  for my husband Danny’s 30th birthday, our 25th anniversary,   Danny’s 60th at Yankee Stadium,  two big housewarmings,  my retirement,  my 70th,  and of course our son Noah’s bar mitzvah.  (See Ghostwriting in the Family) Then a few years ago on a glorious… Read More

The words roll off my tongue despite years of disuse, their rhythm like music, like chant; like Ginsberg, like Dylan. Read More

This was elementary school in the 1950’s, before President Kennedy advanced the cause of fitness for school children. But Mr. Cave needed no presidential push. Read More

We hated the drive to Detroit to visit my family when our three kids were young. In those days, it was six hours of torture. They were not great car travelers and entertainment options were limited to coloring and puzzle books, my reading to or singing with them, and I Spy type games. When boredom… Read More

My father earned his nickname, Swearing Sid. Read More

No one had ever gotten married at the station before. Read More

I kept listening for the tick of the biological clock, but it never ticked. Read More

"Within the songs are found our hopes, fears, challenges ... and even our desired potential." Read More

My home town was home to a large, and now defunct, youth organization. Read More

I kiss my father's smiling face.  Such a brilliant mind trapped by dementia Read More