Suprise Me

What was the first British song to be number one on the American charts? Hint: It predates the Beatles by two years. Read More

There are three elections in my lifetime that still haunt me, and probably always will. 1968, 2000, and 2016. Read More

The desire and frustration built up Read More

... it is the only thing I have that belonged to grandma Rose. Read More

A Thousand Little Touches My father – six years older than my mother – died in his early 80s.   (See My Dad and the Word Processor,   Saying Farewell to a Special Guy,  Six Pack, My Father, the Outsider Artist,  GP and Turkey and Trimmings with Flu Shot) My mother,  who it seemed had never been sick… Read More

OK, I admit it. I’m not competent at assembly projects, although I do live with one gigantic IKEA wardrobe that I managed to put together by dint of much time, sweat, and profanity.  I am repurposing for “Retrospect” this poem that I wrote a number of years ago. WRITER’S WORKSHOP (Deer Isle, Maine) The view… Read More

American Laughing Society wants you to take them seriously Lisa Ferguson Monday, March 3, 1997 | 11:59 a.m. Laugh, and the whole world laughs with you. Usually. Still, Earle Turow is wondering about Las Vegans’ sense of humor — mostly, do they even have one? The retired clothing manufacturer will soon find out. He recently moved… Read More

Actually, sometimes I really like getting a letter. Read More

There are a few privileges of getting old. Maybe gray hair is one of them. Read More

“We are your bad conscience,” said one of the leaflets. “Everyone wants to exonerate himself from his share of the blame … But it cannot be done: everyone is guilty! guilty! guilty!”" Read More