Suprise Me

“When will we ever get another chance to see a sea monster?” Patti urged, sealing the deal. Read More

Ironically, applesauce cake is sort of the "Holy Roman Empire" of cakes.  At least my mother's recipe contained virtually no applesauce, and you certainly couldn't taste it.  Read More

Calling it a garden gives it (or me) far more credit than is due. Rather, we have a few spots bordering a swimming pool where my lazy inner farmer takes over.  When we moved into the house in 1992, the eastern edge of the back yard had overgrown rose bushes that hadn’t been pruned for… Read More

The musical Hair opened on Broadway in April 1968, and I saw it some time that spring with my friend Amy, who lived in Manhattan. Amy had been my roommate the previous summer at a program for high school students at Syracuse University. It was Amy who first introduced me to marijuana, so it was… Read More

(T)he point of these reminiscences isn’t a specific memory, it’s about the conversations that ensue about those memories. Read More

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Read More

Think of what we all could accomplish if all parties stopped eye rolling ... and lecturing ... and started working together. Read More

It’s the Age of Aquarius, a 60s party, get your flower power on ... Read More

A story about a boy, his grandmother, and a boat. Read More

My boss said "I'd love to spend an hour inside your head someday". Read More