Suprise Me

I’m pretty sure my younger brothers would agree that, even at our ages and retired persons status, I can still be pretty bossy. Read More

Growing up, we learned a lot from TV, but we also just had a lot of kid fun with locally produced shows. Read More

Lessons from My Mother   My mother told me, Stay with your own kind. We Jews think alike; we’re all of one mind. But those limitations I could not abide. I had my own values; I had my pride.   So among the many choices of Jews in town, a Catholic and Protestant is what… Read More

I definitely have an issue with stuff magically multiplying. Read More

I first saw this photo after my mother died. My oldest sister, who is the repository of all the family photos that my parents had (because she lived the closest), was scanning many pictures and emailing them to my other sister and me for use in the shiva-type services we were each having in our… Read More

I had a vague familiarity with the digeridoo and some of the paintings. What to expect? Read More

This past year has made me realize what really matters most to me. Read More

And Things That Go Bump in the Night It’s been one week since we started our unplanned Covid 19 quarantine/staycation and I’m still reeling with the disbelief and the worry.  And each day brings news of people we know or of well-known personalities who’ve been affected. Yesterday we learned of the coronavirus-related death at 81… Read More

Tapestry A few years ago my husband’s college roommate Ken invited us to join him on a trip to Normandy.   I had a bit of a hassle replacing my missing travel documents,  but eventually all was resolved.  (See The Purloined Passport) We flew first to Paris where we visited with family and friends, then rented… Read More

In preparing him, Dad emphasized, “Jake, they don’t want to know your philosophy on life. They want to know what you would do as a driver in different situations.” J Read More