NANCY DAVIDOFF KELTON

This is a revision of a blog I posted several years ago.  Happy Thanksgiving to you all.   I am thankful I don’t have to line up in size places. Or take SATs. I am thankful that the farmers market is a block away. And that I can walk there, to the theater and to my favorite restaurants and bookstores. Alone or with my husband, whom I am thankful for every day. I am thankful I can walk. I am thankful for work that engages and excites me. I am thankful for the loyalty and suppo

BY NANCY DAVIDOFF KELTON This article is in the November 2025 issue of The Village View A few weeks ago, I graduated from physical therapy after six months of treatment for sciatica. Now, except for getting out of bed in the morning, standing up quickly from a chair, or stepping down from the curb, which often give me a quick sharp pain in my spine, I am fine. When I stretch before getting out of bed in the morning, once in bed for the night, and when I keep my tummy and but

OCTOBER 2025 My Most Transformative Birthday By Nancy Davidoff Kelton Author Nancy Kelton as a little girl with curly hair. Photo courtesy of Nancy Kelton. I celebrated my birthday in September. Several friends and family members took me to dinner. I received cards, flowers, emails, and hugs. I had lunch with a longtime friend, whose birthday is the same week as mine. It was the first time we’ve gotten together since her husband of 44 years died four months earlier. We discus