

COW CUDDLING
The November 9, 2018 issue of THE WEEK had a paragraph on cow cuddling. A human being can have a 60-minute session, starting at $75 with...


I Am Thankful
I added a few words here and there to my last year's Thanksgiving blog. Happy Thanksgiving to you, dear Readers, new and longtime...


My Play’s My Thing / Vote
“The play’s the thing….” said Hamlet. My thing, too. I’m adapting my memoir, “Finding Mr. Rightstein” for the stage, blogging here about...


A Halloween Ride
(This story, among my first published efforts, appeared 45 years ago in the October 1973 issue of Wee Wisdom Magazine). It was Halloween...


My Red Sox Guy
Yesterday while I was reading the newspaper, my husband asked, “Will you take a picture of me in my Red Sox outfit?” “I didn’t know you...


Elaine May
I saw “The Waverly Gallery” in previews last night. Elaine May’s return to Broadway after 50 years is beyond wonderful. I am grateful my...


WRITER! WRITER!
I recently attended an event at The General Society of Merchanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York at which Erika Goldman, publisher...


25 Thoughts at the H-Ocean
In Montauk, looking out from our porch at the hocean. That’s what one of my grandmothers called the ocean. The hocean. I’ve been thinking...


Summer in the City: Blintzes, Neil Simon, and the Jewish Book Council
If you can go through life without experiencing pain, you probably haven't been born yet. Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) For...


A Mildred Kind of Therapist
My essay, “A Mildred Kind of Therapist,” is on The Baltimore Sun op-ed page Sunday, August 19. Here’s the link to The Baltimore Sun’s...