Suprise Me

Trust yourself. Read More

I was hot and heavy with Bob my sophomore year, but he had a bad habit of wandering off with other girls. This did not make me happy at all! I was really into him, but would entertain offers from other guys when he misbehaved. I loved going to our school basketball games and particularly… Read More

I remember feeling passive and helpless when it came to dating. Read More

"...one band, one club, and one gig." Read More

Did that woman know how her simple act of kindness turned our entire situation around? Read More

The little girl stared and asked, "Daddy, what are those?" "These are records," he replied, "they play music." Read More

Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow was Bill Clinton's campaign song. Read More

This week’s prompt credits John Billington with the dubious historical honor of being the defendant in the first jury trial held in the American colonies. It didn’t end well for him Read More

The Elevator By New York standards our apartment building is not very big with 16 floors and 187 apartments,  and over the years we’ve come to know many of our neighbors altho certainly not all. One day I was in the elevator when  a women I’d seen in the building – but didn’t know –… Read More

Kitchen Radio Back in the 50s it seemed – much to my childish angst –  my parents were the last on our Bronx block to get a television set.   But of course we always had the radio. My dad was a self-taught classical pianist and we had what was then a state-of-the-art hifi system… Read More