

Lobster Rolls, My Mother-in-Law, and Other New England Treasures
First road-trip stop—Boston—to see my 98-year-old (in Sept.) mother- in- law. The witty remarks and laughter kept coming. Her gratitude...


The Winners…
We all won last week with the same sex marriage ruling. Talk about wonderful! Talk about great! About the Dad contest on my blog: ...


Your Contest/My Dad
Gone from this world since 1997, my father now guides me from heaven before or after his early bird dinners and bridge games; his voice,...


A LISTICLE ABOUT ROAST BEEF ON KIMMELWECK, AARP AND MY PATELLA
1. My Buffalo News piece on my upcoming Bennett High reunion (Sept. 5, 2014 and posted on my blog Sept. 16, 2014) has been reprinted in...


Top 10 List about David Letterman’s Departure and Then Some
10. I didn’t watch it regularly. It was on too late for me. 9. It was too-a-lot-of-other-things, too. 8. No need or room for those...


THOSE JUDGES AGAIN
I’m only the messenger, delivering the news. A good thing, too. I read your April 20 contest entries again. No way could I have picked...


BILLY ELLIOT HARD
Yesterday I got an email from one of the two judges of the LOVE ‘N STUFF contest(April 20 blog post: My Mother, Willy Loman, And A...


MY MOTHER, WILLY LOMAN, AND A CONTEST FOR YOU
Before I saw Death of Salesman with Lee J. Cobb, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and the other Willys in between or even read the play, my mother...


22 Things I Don’t Like (there are more but I’m not going to bore you)
In the comments section of my February 17 blog post, “24 Loves,” Judy G. wrote, “So now we know what you love…how about your next list...


AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
When I finish Renee Watson’s totally engaging new young adult novel, THIS SIDE OF HOME, and leave the narrator, Maya Younger, and her...