Suprise Me

I first published this story six years ago for the prompt "Too Young to be This Old." Read More

We were mostly silent, except for her husband, who cried softly Read More

I had optimistic hopes about what retirement would be like, tempered with realism. Read More

On the central question of this prompt: Can I separate the art from the artist? I guess my answer is "sometimes." Read More

...never, never, never step on laughter. Read More

And then, I realized that a lens had fallen out.  Jeez.  While I was riding on the back of an open truck traveling at 65 miles an hour. Read More

Chagall’s Cows When our son was a toddler many friends began fleeing Manhattan.  They couldn’t imagine raising a child amid all the dirt and crime. “But think of the culture!”,    I’d say. Noah at 5,  wide-eyed at the Met’s Arm & Armor exhibit.   And making Purim masks at the Jewish Museum,  and model… Read More

Dan and I started dating during my Junior year at Brandeis. He graduated that year, but lived locally, and would come by after dinner to spend the night. He always began phrases, “When we are married…” Finally I said, “Do you really think we’ll get married?” He responded affirmatively, so I said, “Why don’t you… Read More

Losing a pregnancy is a very low time in any woman’s life. I’m writing to tell you that you survived, and you thrived. Read More

This was elementary school in the 1950’s, before President Kennedy advanced the cause of fitness for school children. But Mr. Cave needed no presidential push. Read More