Suprise Me

The most memorable hotel I have ever stayed at is Mohonk Mountain House, for its architecture, comfort, and -yes- food. Read More

He loved to say "You can trust me, I'm a doctor!" And people did. Read More

One of the birthdays I remember best was not one of mine. Read More

GP My father was a GP with an office on the first floor of our house,  and we lived “over the store”    (See The Puppy in the Waiting Room,  Saying Farewell to a Special Guy, and Turkey and Trimmings with Flu Shot) My dad did it all – delivered babies,  took out splinters and appendixes,  and… Read More

In the late 1960’s, I was asked to appear in front of my local Miami (Florida) Draft Board. The Board wanted me to defend my application to become a conscientious objector.  They were especially interested in quotes I used in my application.  The quotes were from Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller.  This novel had… Read More

"She called my cell phone and thought I'd gone to Canada and ended up in jail." Read More

Looking back, there were many things my mother did that were wonderful. And yet, I had a list of eight things I swore I would never do as a parent. Read More

Suddenly, the top of the tree bends under my weight and in an instant I am upside down, scrambling to hold on to the soft apex.  I hear a loud CRACK and I am airborne, holding nothing but a useless piece of wood in my hand. Read More

My well-meaning father, a shoe department manager at J. C. Penney, with no experience in camping, borrowed camping equipment in the early 1950s and loaded my mother, my two sisters and I into our old black Chevrolet and drove us from Inglewood, California to Lake Tahoe. Arriving late at night we plopped sleeping bags down… Read More

There, we learn profanity before we learn of the adventures of Dick and Jane. Letting fly a string of curses when angry or hurt is to us as natural as breathing. Read More