Suprise Me

To me, Marian always seemed like a name for old ladies .... My surname, Hirsch, has a convoluted history. Read More

In “Slaughter House Five” Kurt Vonnegut wrote, “I’ve come unstuck in time”. I am not sure if that is the appropriate phrase, or if we are through the looking glass, but we are definitely not bending toward Dr. King’s moral universe this election cycle; far from it. Every day brings some new, disgusting revelation, whether… Read More

I’m sure we thought we were terribly grown up, going on a date and all. Did my mother make me wear gloves? She may have. Read More

TM and the Honeymoon Album Once years ago I heard  that a lecture on transcendental meditation was to be given at a local community center. Intrigued and eager to learn about the benefits of meditation I went,  and when the lecture ended I struck up a conversation with the young woman sitting next to me.… Read More

This time I'll let the clip tell the story...if you're old enough, you'll likely get a kick out of  it. Read More

Mademoiselle Moulin. Miss Windmill.   That’s what her name meant Though I’m not sure she  Taught us that or  Necessarily wanted us to know Petite But square with cropped red hair A kind of Buster Brown In peasant pants and big buttoned top Dallas not Paris was her home Wherever  She was born and grew… Read More

Well, another year has rolled over and threatens to play dead. Congrats to all who survived to read this —you’ve lived long enough to cross into the netherworld between the second and third year of our worldwide pandemic. We haven’t lost too many friends. Most of us believe epidemiologists who deny that the wonder vaccine… Read More

Les Halles I went to Europe for the first time in the late 1960s with my husband Alan on a belated honeymoon.  We spent a few days in Copenhagen where we saw Victor Borge in concert in Tivoli Gardens.   And then a week in Paris where our hotel room reeked of garlic –  thanks,… Read More

The jury system is a good one, but not infallible. Variables other than facts in the case can sway jurors. Read More

Just a few weeks ago, a good friend put a warning on his Facebook page: “Do not accept any friend requests from me; I’ve been hacked!” This is unfortunate but routine these days. The Messenger app of Facebook is notorious for this (and many people no longer use it because once it is corrupted, your… Read More