The Kitchen Clock
Every kitchen should have a clock. Up on the wall, over the sink or maybe over the entry door. They give us the time of day but also they keep watch. I don’t like the crazy kind, cats with moving…
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A Christmas Eve Visit
You couldn’t have asked for a more perfect family Christmas Eve. There was a way too big fire in the family room, the family fav Christmas movie was on TV and everyone, (including the girls) were sipping some hopped up egg…
A Season Full of Christmas Movies
There are a lot of “Best Christmas Movie” lists out there. These are my favorites, so don’t come at me with where is Elf, Die Hard and etc. I am just sharing mine in case you might have missed one…
Untouchable Grief
She was different and that always attracted me. Compared to the other conservative, mostly cute girls at this small midwestern university, she was more aloof, dressed in a more sophisticated way, and carried herself with a sort of slow moving…
Road Trips In The Dark
Between 10 and 4. That’s my favorite time to be behind the wheel. At 10pm the world is shutting down. At 4am it’s beginning to stir again. In between, I have the world to myself. It’s never about wandering, that’s…
The Great French Toast Experiment
In retrospect, it probably wasn’t the best idea. 10 year old me, already on the verge of being unmanageable, sent to board with a woman and her two young daughters. But my mother, needing some place to park me 24*7*365…
Saratoga Springs
Oh, we were pissed. Never mind that we were going to see a show in what is arguably the best and most iconic outdoor performance space in the country. This was the annual mid-summer concert outing for Camp Da-Ro. I…
Queens College – 1971
I was always a tag-along. Tag-along with my Mom, (which is natural) tag-along with my aunts and uncles, tag-along with my grandparents (again, kind of natural), tag along with some random family I was sent to live with full time.…
Take Back Your Productivity
Technology has transformed the way we live, work and play. It is undeniably a force for good in the world. However, on a personal level, it can sub-optimize, or even get in the way of us fully living our lives…
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