Valentines to Women and Girls I Love
February 2026 By Nancy Davidoff Kelton To my hairdresser – Since my first appointment when you didn’t laugh or say “dream on” when I asked you to make me look like Michelle Pfeiffer, you have been shaping my hair very well, making it easy to comb out after shampooing or swimming without using a dryer. I also appreciate that even though you do a lot of hair coloring you have strongly advised me to avoid touching up the grey because it is growing in beautifully. I think so too
Thoughts on Teaching
(This was a blog post several years ago). Spring semester started. We’re cookin’. Moving along in great, surprising ways. A question one of my favorite people on the planet, recently asked, “How come you became a teacher?” coupled with several occurrences has inspired me to write a magazine piece on my 50 years of teaching. Here’s some of what I’ll flesh out: In a New School multi-gender restroom, a young man at the next sink took a copy of my book, ‘Writing from Persona
Resolutions
This is my article published in the January, 2026 Village View. Happy New Year to you all. Love, Nancy My 36 Resolutions for 2026 By Nancy Davidoff Kelton 1. Go to the gym three or four times a week. 2. Use as many machines as I do towels. 3. Do not count by threes when I do sit-ups. 4. Do all the stretches on the list my physical therapist gave me. 5. Do not expect the stretches to make me taller. 6. Do not work out at the gym when my husband is working out there. He burns m