May: Mental Health Awareness Month
May, mental health awareness month, is about to end. I worry about people who are unaware of mental health issues. Their own. Those of...
WITH LOVE TO MOM ON MOTHER'S DAY
(This essay was published in NEXT AVENUE on May 10, 2023 with the title My Mother's Memorable Lessons) By Nancy Davidoff Kelton I am 75....
Are You There, God?
“I’ve heard good things about you,” Abby Ryder Fortson says as Margaret near the beginning of the movie Are you There, God? It’s Me,...
POST PLAY BLUES AND JOYS
I was sadder than usual immediately after my recent California trip. Besides leaving my family, I left Long Beach Playhouse where my...
The Play's My Thing
I am very honored and very proud to share that my full-length play FINDING MR. RIGHTSTEIN won Long Beach Playhouse's 2023 New Works...
Thoughts on Caregiving
Dear Readers: Below is my essay on caregiving that was published in Next Avenue on February 9. Below is the photo they used. Love,...
In Honor of Stephanie (a guest blog)
- Dear Readers: My dear friend, Stephanie, is one of the most empathic, talented, and wonderful people I have ever met. She is the author...
Aha or Oy Vey
Dorothy Parker's Ashes This was published in Dorothy Parker's Ashes last week. If you are a major producer or a talented, well-known...
We Said I Do. We're Still Doing.
We said “I do” on November 7, 2009. We are still doing. Happy Anniversary, Jonathan! I Love You! Below is my essay that Next Tribe...
Good Night Moon, Hello 75
In the great green room there was a telephone, And a red balloon And a picture of the cow jumping over the moon. On September 3, 1947,...