Suprise Me

My father employed the same grilling method as every other suburban Michigan father in the ‘50s: incineration. Read More

I hate November and I hate low-sodium lentil soup. And I wanted a goddamn drink. Is that so awful? Read More

Exams once ruled my life. Now, having experienced many true tests over a lifetime, I realize that no amount of preparation guarantees a good result. It is what I do with the hand I’m dealt that truly matters. Read More

I was rushing to pack for Boston, but took the phone call. It was my client at the Farm Bureau Insurance in Indianapolis, calling to say the signed contract was being FedExed to my office. Perfect way to start my birthday weekend. Dan and I had lived apart for almost 8 months by this point,… Read More

We lived in the Oakland hills, and bus service was minimal - everything was far away. Read More

Was it a lark; did I do it for class credit; was it some misguided show of patriotism? I have no idea. Read More

When I was growing up, my family had a ton of board games, and a finished room in the basement where we kept them all and played them with our friends or with each other. Chiefly I remember Sorry and Chutes & Ladders when I was really young, and then Monopoly and Clue when I was… Read More

My head snapped back and hit the wooden booth. Read More

...the woman ascending has never visited the devil. Read More

At the time, in 2006, it seemed a promising idea.  I had just retired (early) from a long career at Stanford. One is eligible to retire when age plus years of service add up to the magic number 75.  Having started fresh out of college and worked straight through, my relative youth was augmented by… Read More