Sometimey or Sometimesy
Sometimey or Sometimesy At a recent New York City Ballet cocktail party, I had the opportunity to talk with a few of the company’s...
Longer Walks, Smaller Plates, and No More Victoria’s Secret
Longer Walks, Smaller Plates, and No More Victoria’s Secret The following are some of my resolutions for 2013. To stay fit, take longer...
LOVE AND WORK AND STUFF AND BECOMING A REDUCED PERSON
Tolstoy, in a letter to Valerya Aresenyev, November 9, 1856, said, “One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and...
WHAT TO BRING TO CAMP AND LIFE
WHAT TO BRING TO CAMP AND LIFE (This essay appeared in different form on AARP’s website.) Each spring, Uncle Lou, the director of Camp...
WHO’S READING IN THE KITCHEN?
It is six am on the date of my father’s birthday. He would have been 104. I am writing this on my living room sofa with just one light...
I’M THANKFUL
I’M THANKFUL I used to wish my family was more like a Norman Rockwell painting. Now I am just grateful we don’t resemble a Jackson...
GRANDMA
GRANDMA I just came back from visiting my eight-week old grandson, Ryan. He is my first grandchild and the sunshine of my life. Other...
A Halloween Ride
A Halloween Ride (I wrote this 40 years ago. It appeared in WEE WISDOM(October 1973) and was the first story I ever had published.) It...
THE CLEANING LADY WHO DIDN’T CLEAN(originally published in a different form in The Buffalo News)
THE CLEANING LADY WHO DIDN’T CLEAN I read THE HELP. I saw THE HELP. Now it’s regularly on Showtime. The female characters resonate with...
Something Different
Hi All, This week from Oct. 1-5, I am a guest blogger at Best American Poetry Blog. I published the five posts here first. I will be back...