NANCY DAVIDOFF KELTON

The judges of the Sweet Summer Experience Contest I ran several weeks ago chose John’s entry. Here it is: 1960: first time driving a...

Dear Readers: The deadline for your Sweet Summer Contest entries (see July 9 post) is extended to July 25. One of the two judges is out...

At 8:55 am on the first day of summer, I am at Breads Bakery on 16th Street a block from my apartment, putting on a hair net. I stop at...

Dear Readers, The next post will be a contest. Stay tuned. In last week’s post, I wrote about a song my father taught me when I was a...

When my father got pneumonia at age 88, his doctor and the covering doctor were both out of town. The coverer twice-removed admitted...

Dear Uncle Hy, Remember when I locked myself in the bathroom at age 6? Daddy was in Jamestown on business and Mommy, coming after me...

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them...

There’s the flasher who lives next door There’s the bum on his bar room stool They wish me luck on my way to school Last week, along...

To Margie, You greeted me at the door and introduced yourself, when I came to pay a 4-day shiva call for your father, on what was a very...

Hank Aaron hitting his 715th career home run. Dear Readers, My neck used to be missing That was then, this is now I read all of your...