Suprise Me

I remember feeling passive and helpless when it came to dating. Read More

My reconnecting stories begin with ways to rekindle old ties that have fallen away over the years. Read More

What was most unnerving? The police presence. While they weren't in riot gear, rows of cops stood their ground, clubs at the ready. Our knees shook. Read More

It was a warm,  sunny Sunday morning in the city and I decided to do some neighborhood chores before the temperature rose. We fill our prescription meds at the Walgreens pharmacy chain where the pharmacists can pull an RX from any Walgreens branch. That’s come in handy when we’ve been away and have forgotten to… Read More

They were marching partly as a tribute to Marcy, a woman whose life embodied so much of what protests and activism had accomplished to advance the cause of social justice. Read More

I have written my own Journal of the Plague Year in five chapters. I'm thrilled that this fifth chapter is the last! Read More

Every morning, I check my bed and body for ticks. Read More

Hannah and Sam Prensky, my great-grandparents, had five children in Kovno, Lithuania. Lizzie, their eldest, was my grandmother. They were prosperous and well-educated. Sam spoke five languages and had a cigarette rolling factory that employed 500 people. Hannah was literate, played piano and passed her quick mind and love of learning on to her children.… Read More

It was the dark winter solstice of December 2020.  Everything was shut down because of COVID, and vaccines were a mere glimmer.  Life was suspended.  Work had stopped abruptly one day in March—I was too old to risk showing up in person, and virtual options were poor—so de facto retirement came more suddenly than I… Read More

I lost my prom photos years ago, but I still have the shoes. Read More