Suprise Me

As we prepared for bar mitzvah parties in 1964, my mother put me in a local dance class, which met in someone’s basement one day a week. All the “cool” kids were in the group. I was not cool, but took the class anyway. We learned to waltz, two-step and fox trot. Basic dance steps… Read More

Once I got home and opened the box, I realized the fan was in several pieces ... my heart sank ... Read More

A Cup of Tea in Ireland Twice I travelled to Dublin to study at the James Joyce Summer School.  There we students were housed in a novice nun’s residency while the young women themselves were on summer break,  and yes,  you guessed it,  my husband told everyone he’d sent me to a nunnery!   (See My… Read More

I was not at all nervous; my fear of flying, like so many of them, developed later. Read More

Body and Soul Our generation may indeed be the last to remember when family doctors made house calls with their little black bags and really got to know their patients.  Nowadays with HMOs and PPOs,  and pre-authorization,  and all the other health insurance red tape and rigamarole,  it may seem harder to find a doctor… Read More

Karen, seeking a new life, had fled from her family and friends to Kyoto, Japan.  She fell into equally bad relationships in the expat community. I have tried to explain her process of separating from me.  She joined a potter’s commune on the island of Shikoku where she eventuality became a renowned potter. One day,… Read More

Wisdom in the Weeds When I retired friends asked me what I would do with all my free time. ”Oh,  I don’t know,”  I told them,  “probably just more of the same things I enjoy – theater,  travel, tennis.” ”Why don’t you try something new,  try gardening,” one friend suggested,  “it’s great physical exercise and surprisingly… Read More

On Mr. Toad’s Ride, I was killed by a freight train. But Small World put me back together. Read More

When he was done, I had a shiny new helmet of perfectly symmetrical, meticulously groomed, "Dry Look" hair. Read More

If I did have my DNA tested I am quite sure I would not find that I was related to George Washington Read More