Suprise Me

We would go to Bloomingdale's and Saks and try on all the hats in the hat department until the sales people threw us out. Read More

A sobering episode in the Age of Aquarius, on my first trip out west Read More

I started cooking because I was hungry. In fact, I'm still hungry—all the time. Read More

Sometimes you start out in one direction, only to take a lifelong detour. And that can be a great thing. Read More

“You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” — American saying, author unknown Part of aging is the physical breakdown of our bodies. I have tried to slow down the inevitable by working with a physical therapist weekly to strengthen my aching back and core (such as it is). Ironically, it… Read More

I hoped my granddaughter and her peers would embrace the importance of sisterhood before the Mean Girl games of middle school took over. Read More

I came to college incredibly naive about all things sexual and gender-related. As a theater major, I was certainly surrounded by gays; I was totally unaware. Perhaps they were too, as many were still closeted in the early 1970s. My junior year, I won the role of Sarah Brown in “Guys and Dolls”. The show… Read More

This Earth Day, let’s keep in mind that our actions today can improve our health and well-being tomorrow, provide a brighter future for the next generation, and have beneficial consequences many generations from now that could never be foreseen today. Read More

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

"As soon as your brother passes," Cathy said, "you call me up, and I’ll take good care of him." I’d noticed that the hospice people also talked in a matter-of-fact way about his death. “When he passes, you’ll have to do x and y,” they’d say, as if he were going on a two-week vacation. It was strangely comforting, as if this were the natural next step and not something to be dreaded. Read More