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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...