Suprise Me

                  My mom believed her daughters were safe in a house filled with friends An unlocked side door became an opening to the cellar stairs  where the neighborhood kids just walked in.   The basement was a club house filled with homemade ice tea and cookies, a… Read More

At different times in my life, I have had different "tribes," but for the last 22 years it has been the choir at my synagogue. Read More

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Dashed hopes for a sexual threesome one night in 1970, and what rats we men are. Read More

Steve Martin’s role as the dentist in Little Shop of Horrors captured how many of us feel about going to the dentist. Read More

The Marvelettes had it right with “Please Mr. Postman.” Back in the pre-electronic days, waiting for the postman to come with the day’s mail was agonizing when you were hoping to hear from someone (“Is there a letter in your bag for me?”). If there was nothing it was such a letdown. (“So many days… Read More

I’ll take a clean, business-like, functioning, reliable, no nostalgia Hilton Garden Inn anytime/anywhere. Read More

The Puppy Farm I’ve written before about my wonderful childhood puppy  (See Fluffy, or How I Got My Dog and Fluffy and the Alligator Shoes)  but sadly there is more to tell. I’m sure today’s child rearing gurus would advise you to tell your kids the truth no matter how painful,  but I suspect my folks… Read More

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Mom probably figured, “Dale has never in his life had his own package of gum. He only gets to chew a piece now and then when someone offers him a stick. Read More