Suprise Me

I’ve always loved to dance and grew up in and with Motown and the Jackson 5. Little Michael was a phenom. Great voice, dancing whiz; he could do everything and captivated us. We loved to sing along to those early songs and imitate the dance moves. He outgrew his brothers and became the biggest show… Read More

One day murder came to town Read More

“Behold it is the Springtide of the year. Over and past is Winter’s gloomy reign. The happy time of singing birds is near, And clad in bud and blooms are hill and plain.” That is the first verse of my favorite Passover song. I sang it in Junior Choir at my Temple. I even sang… Read More

For the first and only time, I saw humans flying, literally levitating around the room, so graceful that their bare feet never made a sound when they landed. Read More

One year the Native Americans even showed up. Read More

Inequality and the role of stereotypes Read More

How my effort at "early present discovery" backfired. Read More

Smart people can do or be many things. Read More

Cincinnati  The great African American baseball legend Jackie Robinson was subject to unimaginable prejudice.  Teams would bring up their Southern minor leaguers to taunt and insult him. One day during a game in Cincinnati,  a border town to the former slave state of Kentucky,  Robinson’s Dodger teammate,  Louisville native Pee Wee Reese walked over to… Read More

I looked at the beautiful colors of the needlepoint yarn and sighed. "Maybe I could do that," I thought. Read More