Suprise Me

There were so many steps along the way where something could go wrong that it always had a bit of a magical quality to it for me whenever it worked. Read More

Family Relationships   Ah, family. The people you share a significant portion of your DNA with, which for some translates to a deep and abiding love. For others, well, it’s like being stuck in a crowded elevator with a toddler who keeps smearing mashed banana on the emergency stop button. Me? My family? I fall… Read More

How did our prescient moderators know that the title of this week’s Book Review section of the New York Times would be “Beach Reads”? Read More

Neither rain, snow, sleet, nor gloom of night was going to deter us from our planned movie date. Read More

In this cartoon, all the jurors are looking at their phones. Is that how it started, these shorter and shorter attention spans? Read More

I guess a show that has been on the air for 49 years has to evolve, and each generation has its own concept of what is funny. Read More

Jessie’s Earrings It’s sweet how a chance word can evoke a flood of memories. My mother Jessie is gone more than 20 years and I think of her I often.  But after talking to a friend about the current rage for tattooing and body piercing I thought of a habit of Jessie’s I’d forgotten. She… Read More

Book Club I took this photo in front of my friend Helen’s beautiful waterfront home on City Island in the Bronx.   Pictured are the wonderful women in my  Uptown Book Club,  in the back row – Reina,  Karlan,  Judy,  Marlene,  and Helen;  and in the front row – Renee and Paula. It seems I have… Read More

Which reminds me of the old joke of the waiter who, serving a table of picky, impatient, bossy, demeaning, and complaining diners, asks the question: “Is anything ok?”  Read More

There has to be a better way to deliver medical care. ER waiting rooms are just another broken part of our system. Read More