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Dec 34 min read

The Day-After-Thanksgiving

The day after Thanksgiving my kids, grandkids and I gather at my house as we do every year. I set a lavish, autumn-themed tablescape and...

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Feb 235 min read

The Power of Lift

I attended an event this weekend and fell in love with a sport I know nothing about. Like anyone who's raised kids/grandkids, I’ve been...

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Feb 82 min read

Last Call

I met Jack while growing up on Long Island and spent years doing high school musical theater with him. All the old standards: South...

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Jan 83 min read

For Pierre

I met Pierre 7 years ago in a memoir writing group in Albany NY. The first thing I noticed about Pierre was his size: he occupied a lot...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Nov 21, 20233 min read

The-Day-After-Thanksgiving

The day after Thanksgiving my kids, grandkids and I will gather at my house as we do every year. I will set a lavish, autumn-themed...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Nov 14, 20234 min read

The Reality of Illusion

After many months, the Writers Guild and SAG AFTRA strikes have ended, and many of us are heading back to work. Perhaps genetically...

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Oct 17, 20233 min read

Every October...

I was married 41 years ago today in a beautiful Vera Wang gown I found on a clearance rack at Trenchers in Garden City, Long Island. It...

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Oct 15, 20234 min read

Label-makers, all

In a large plastic tub labeled “Kids Stuff” in my guest room closet, that book is still there; the first one I read to my kids when they...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Nov 17, 20224 min read

The Gingerbread Houses

The day after Thanksgiving my kids, grandkids and I will gather at my house as we do every year. I will set an autumn-themed tablescape...

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Nov 9, 20224 min read

"Between You and Me..."

She died 25 years ago, November 9th at 1:17pm, while my daughter, sister and I were shopping at Marshalls for festive holiday-themed...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Aug 29, 20223 min read

The Illusion of Time

Last Tuesday, I headed to a café to meet Susan for lunch, almost 57 years to the day we had first met as freshmen at SUNY Plattsburgh. I...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Apr 27, 20224 min read

Disordered Space

The first 16 years of my life, my dad was frequently gentle and smiling, funny and dazed, enveloped in a sweet, seamless, alcohol-...

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Apr 17, 20224 min read

Blurred Lines

Published, Times Union, April 17, 2022 When Will Smith impulsively launched himself to the stage at the recent Academy Awards, he wasn’t...

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Mar 24, 20225 min read

Four Questions

There were only four questions and it seemed I could answer them quite easily: What were your dreams when you were younger? What did you...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Jun 15, 20212 min read

Childhood Summers

Ethereal fragments of childhood summers endure from our earliest recollections, impervious to edits in time or space. We waited...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Jun 6, 20213 min read

Do You Remember That?

I don’t have an answer for this. “What happens to all of those memories? my 42-year-old son wants to know. “Where do they go? Think about...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Jun 3, 20213 min read

Canopy of Fire

Even though they are not visible there is one in every room, a bug jar. In my house “grab and go” has little to do with take out unless...

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Ardelle Hirsch

Jun 2, 20212 min read

Looking the Other Way

I grew up on Long Island and on Friday nights our family often headed to the Westbury Drive-in for the fireworks. Before air conditioning...

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May 31, 20213 min read

The Texture of Water

I never know how to respond when people ask, “Are you happy?” ”Happy” is not a place that one can program into Google Maps with the...

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Ardelle Hirsch

May 30, 20211 min read

Life as I see it ...

I’ve been recording life as I see it in words and images for as long as I can remember and for years I’ve been contemplating ways to...

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