Cindy's Birthday and Our 59-Year Friendship
Dear Readers: The below essay was originally published in AARP's The Ethel on July 8, 2020. Today is Cindy's birthday, the fourth since...
Our Time is Not Yet Up
Dear Readers: The below essay was published in Next Avenue on December 1, 2021. XXX Nancy By Nancy Davidoff Kelton December 1, 2021...
The Play’s the Thing. Then there are Wings.
The beginning of “Finding Mr. Rightstein,” my full-length play, was among the pieces accepted to the ESP Short Play Festival in...
From First Grade to the Strand Bookstore: Teaching and Appreciating My Students
This piece originally appeared in Next Avenue. As the school year ends, I look back fondly at teaching younger and older learners By...
My First Play: Written in Life's Second Half
Dear Readers: This essay was published on Next Avenue's website on May 7, 2021. XOXO Nancy My First Play: Written in Life's Second Half...
Two March Reads
I just read a play and a book, both inspired by smart, supportive friends. After the recent Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western New...
From Page to Stage
The Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western NY Zoom staged reading of my play "Finding Mr. Rightstein" on January 21 was great fun. I love...
How the Pandemic Reunited Me With My Sister
Relationships I've had time to get clear about who and what is important. By Nancy Davidoff Kelton (This essay was published in AARP's...
I am Thankful
I take walks to the Hudson River to see if the Statue of Liberty is still standing. She is. And straighter since Joe Biden and Kamala...
Cheers to Great Teaching and The Strand
I'm zoom teaching tonight. 50 years I've been a teacher. Every so often something I read about teachers makes my heart sing. This is one...