Suprise Me

A Sign on the Doorpost Our post-war Manhattan apartment building recently underwent a major renovation –   new elevators and new lobby furniture;   in the halls new carpeting,  wallpaper and lighting;  and new saddles,  bells and knobs for all our apartment doors. The construction company hired for the job sent a friendly crew of… Read More

This Mother’s Day, I salute my mother and all who understand and appreciate the importance and challenges of what she called being “just a housewife.” Read More

This is the only place I have ever lived where any decent snowstorm causes people to panic and abandon their cars all over the streets. Read More

On Mr. Toad’s Ride, I was killed by a freight train. But Small World put me back together. Read More

The Spanish proverb that is the title of my story is a painful lesson I learned as a young adult. Growing up in a traditional Jewish household, I was taught two Jewish proverbs as a child: “What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t witness with your mouth.” “Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.”… Read More

As Yogi Berra supposedly said, “It's déjà vu all over again.” Read More

And talk about efficient - I can get the latest news in minutes not hours. Oh and no more ink stained hands.  I save hundred   of dollars a year while being more and better informed. Read More

Grandmothers and their joys and waiting patiently for what will be. Read More

I am not an easy person to buy presents for. I know that, and I discourage family members from buying me things. Because I hardly ever like them. They will invariably be the wrong color, or the wrong size, or the wrong shape, or just not something that is useful to me. Even jewelry, I… Read More

My beloved Rabbi Al Axelrad, who was the chaplain at Brandeis when I was an undergrad, retired many years later, but continued to lead High Holiday services until a few years ago. He was a true teacher. His services lasted a long time because he quoted from all sorts of outside texts and I always… Read More