Suprise Me

As my mother descended into dementia, her letters stopped, and we kept in touch through phone calls, increasingly with my father alone.  By the time my mother died, he had become my confidante and mutual support system. Read More

BRUCE AND THE E STREET BAND  PLAYING, AT FULL VOLUME, BORN TO RUN.   the power of the words, the skill of the band, and a quiet anger–taken together, they lift me up Read More

Meeting my buddies in Times Square on New Years Eve--what could go wrong? Read More

As I drove home, I noticed all the lights blurred with huge halos, and, although I knew where I was, I couldn't read the freeway signs ... Read More

I can’t stand the sight of my cell phone... Read More

If a hobby is "an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure," my only true hobby as a child was reading. Read More

This prompt asks what is the first news story we remember. For me that's easy. It was Quemoy and Matsu. Read More

As most language was eluding her, it was wonderful that she was able to profit from the memorization exercises of her childhood. Read More

Memorial Day weekend in Sacramento is most notable for the Dixieland Jazz Jubilee, which has occurred every year since 1974. It is an amazing four days of music and fun, with bands from all over the country and the world who make the pilgrimage to northern California to play traditional jazz. I didn’t discover it until… Read More

What is the difference between an immigrant and a refugee? I pondered this question while writing my story. Read More