Suprise Me

I think we both kept Starbucks in business by having our first "meet for coffee" dates there. Read More

As long as I know where the lake is, I know I am headed east. Read More

  I always thought I had a knack for drawing.  Someone encouraged this when I was twelve, a year when my family was stationed in East Pakistan, and I came under the wing of an ex-pat Danish artist name Tova. She helped me do an oil painting for my parents, a still life with two… Read More

I ripped off the wrapping paper and opened the heavy, bright red metal box to find a huge assortment of metal parts, bolts and washers - an Erector Set! Read More

New Leaf Over the years we’ve thrown some big milestone parties –  for my husband Danny’s 30th birthday, our 25th anniversary,   Danny’s 60th at Yankee Stadium,  two big housewarmings,  my retirement,  my 70th,  and of course our son Noah’s bar mitzvah.  (See Ghostwriting in the Family) Then a few years ago on a glorious… Read More

I interviewed for a year, but it was a start-up and they weren’t ready to hire salespeople. I was looking to leave the software company I worked for and come to this one, as the product was a good fit with what I already knew. In fact, it could serve as a friendlier front-end to… Read More

I can’t stand the sight of my cell phone... Read More

From Department Store Detours to Deliveries at My Door Hey there, comedy connoisseurs! Here I am here, fresh off a bargain hunt that left me with more questions than discounts. We all know the struggle is real when that cashier asks, “Paper or plastic?” But let me tell you, folks, things weren’t always this “eco-friendly… Read More

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He took a bite and chewed it, slowly and deliberately, as the rest of us talked. Then another. Read More