NANCY DAVIDOFF KELTON

1. I stopped going to overnight camp at age 13 once the fast boys started pairing off with the fast girls. The necking (that’s what it...

A colleague has her students write about a humiliating experience. For many reasons, I would not dream of giving that assignment to my...

On my last trip to Las Vegas at age 25, I played roulette every day after swimming. One afternoon, Richie Havens gambled at the same...

(This appeared in The Buffalo News (May 10, 2013 op-ed page) in a slightly different form.) As a new grandmother this Mother’s Day I am...

PLEASE TREAT GENTLY: EYE OPENERS WITH MY NEW EYE At the last session of my spring Wednesday night writing workshop, my lower back/leg...

HALLELUJAH You are getting notice of my new blog post on Tuesday morning at the same time that I am getting my new eye. Not a whole eye....

After following Sheryl Sandberg’s advice to lean in, you might want to: order in stay in come in(from shopping, the gym, the snow or...

Last week was family-rich and full. My husband and I saw all our kids and grandson in new and different ways. He had lunch alone with...

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” ― Mark Twain I came...

My current AARP column, 50 Things That Are Better Than Sex, can be found at this link: www.aarp.org/home-family/home-family-experts/singl...