Suprise Me

And the winner is: My aunt Ruth!  I’ve written about my Aunt Ruth and her buttons here and in my book. She inspired me to start my own collection when I was a teenager. I kept them in a small box inside my grandparents’ secretary desk. On more than one occasion, I talked to my… Read More

A recent immigrant prepares for his first test at his new high school. Read More

Growing up in the Beach Boys days, my idea of the perfect girl hair was a shoulder-length flip.  It might be teased on top, it might have bangs, or a bow, but it had that cute little flip up on the ends that really said, “Beach Girl”.  (A beach girl who obviously never went in… Read More

Intro to Cookery We were still newlyweds when my husband’s company offered him the chance to work in their London office for a year and of course we took it!   (See Valentine’s Day in Foggytown,  Kinky Boots,  and Laundry Day in London) I took a leave of absence from my job,  we sublet our apartment,  and… Read More

If only the fiftieth anniversary remembrances could restore the initial perceptions that the first ventures into space evoked. Read More

Rainbow Row,  Charleston SC Brass Ankle I was raised in the Bronx, New York in 50s and 60s when the demographics were such that families in the  borough were predominantly Jewish – like mine – or Catholic.   In fact my friend Kathie, whose family was Moravian,  tells me she was often the only WASP… Read More

Woodstock was truly a film best enjoyed when stoned. Read More

A beautiful green-headed hummingbird has landed on a branch beside one of your bones. Read More

I have certainly done things that would have made for juicy gossip, I just don't know whether they got talked about or not. Read More

Long before Mr. Rogers, there was Ding Dong School. Read More