Suprise Me

What sounds will the next generation simulate? The silence of eyes staring at screens? Read More

Was the song meant to instill a false sense of pride in his students, or a fever dream of a school where he’d really like to teach? Read More

Doing original theater is very different from dredging up the old chestnuts. Sometimes there’s nothing you can do but laugh. Read More

Little by little, I’m thinning out my collection of books. Only books I have loved and respected can stay. It doesn’t matter if they’re ones I plan to read again. I might not. But I want to be able, when I walk past and see their titles, to feel at least the ghost of a… Read More

"It's a dance. Well, it's a hoedown." Read More

A picture, a mirror, and a copper plate attest to my grandparents’ anniversary. They were married 101 years ago June 2. I know this because I have a picture of my grandmother in her wedding dress. There’s a mirror behind her, now hanging in our bedroom, although a bit worse for wear. The copper plate,… Read More

... my name was called, the first and last time I won this organization's raffle. The people at the table were delighted I won ... Read More

Decades of slow progress towards gender and racial equality seem to screech to a halt, leaving ugly orange skid marks on the potholed highway to equality. Read More

No matter how many times I’ve watched it, I am still left wondering who did what when in Rashomon. Read More

The Jane Addams HS boys basketball team with Coach Jon Ostrow (Ozzie) in the blue shirt. A Favor for the Coach I’ve shared many memories of my years working at Jane Addams HS.   (See Magazines for the Principal , The Diary of a Young Girl,  Going Back to Work , Mr October  and The Parking Lot… Read More