Category Archives: baby boomers
Happy Birthday Judy Garland
Judy Garland was my roommate in college. Sort of. I played this iconic album so often in college, that the grooves wore down. My first week of school at Syracuse University in the fall of 1973 was overwhelming. Nerves and
Happy Birthday Judy Garland
Judy Garland was my roommate in college. Sort of. I played this iconic album so often in college, that the grooves wore down. My first week of school at Syracuse University in the fall of 1973 was overwhelming. Nerves and
Remembering Robert Kennedy
1968 was no ordinary time and Robert Kennedy was no ordinary candidate. The wave of young idealists that propelled Bernie’s campaign in 2016 felt similar to that infamous year when Bobby had fired up America’s youth. Including a barely
Remembering Robert Kennedy
1968 was no ordinary time and Robert Kennedy was no ordinary candidate. The wave of young idealists that propelled Bernie’s campaign in 2016 felt similar to that infamous year when Bobby had fired up America’s youth. Including a barely
Boston Marathon
It was a perfect spring day for the return of the Boston Marathon yesterday. Nine years after the attacks at the marathon finish line had killed three people and injured hundreds more, the mood was optimistic. The enthusiasm at its
Boston Marathon
It was a perfect spring day for the return of the Boston Marathon yesterday. Nine years after the attacks at the marathon finish line had killed three people and injured hundreds more, the mood was optimistic. The enthusiasm at its
A Bitter Sweet Passover Remembering My Mother
It was another bittersweet Passover. Just like the holiday itself, the period around Passover is forever tied in with my mother Betty not only for the beautiful Jewish rituals lovingly passed down but because she passed away Erev Pesach on
A Bitter Sweet Passover Remembering My Mother
It was another bittersweet Passover. Just like the holiday itself, the period around Passover is forever tied in with my mother Betty not only for the beautiful Jewish rituals lovingly passed down but because she passed away Erev Pesach on
The Problem With Aging Is the Problem
The real problem with aging is that we consider it a problem We don’t need to defy aging. We need to embrace it and not see it through the lens of decline. Or diminishment The images of “older women” were
The Problem With Aging Is the Problem
The real problem with aging is that we consider it a problem We don’t need to defy aging. We need to embrace it and not see it through the lens of decline. Or diminishment The images of “older women” were
How Old Is Old -Women, Aging and Art
How old is old is, an age-old question and the answer keeps changing especially for women. Forty may be the new thirty and sixty the new fifty, but aging itself continues to be seen as diminishment and decline. Long ascribed
How Old Is Old -Women, Aging and Art
How old is old is, an age-old question and the answer keeps changing especially for women. Forty may be the new thirty and sixty the new fifty, but aging itself continues to be seen as diminishment and decline. Long ascribed
Refugee Children Must Live in Our Hearts
Two toddlers. Two Eastern European children displaced by war. Displaced by the brutal actions of an evil sociopath. Seven decades separate them, but this shared trauma will connect them in history forever. Both will bear emotional wounds that no child
Refugee Children Must Live in Our Hearts
Two toddlers. Two Eastern European children displaced by war. Displaced by the brutal actions of an evil sociopath. Seven decades separate them, but this shared trauma will connect them in history forever. Both will bear emotional wounds that no child
The Beatles, Ed Sullivan, and Me
Anniversary Edition From the Vault Can it really be over half a century since the Beatles burst into our lives on an ordinary Sunday night after which nothing would be the same again? There are few of my generation who
The Beatles, Ed Sullivan, and Me
Anniversary Edition From the Vault Can it really be over half a century since the Beatles burst into our lives on an ordinary Sunday night after which nothing would be the same again? There are few of my generation who
Why Dogs Rule
Today it’s all about the dogs. In honor of Betty White’s 100th birthday today, I share a wonderful world that once lived in my young imagination, a world I think that she would support wholeheartedly- I called it ArfLand a
Why Dogs Rule
Today it’s all about the dogs. In honor of Betty White’s 100th birthday today, I share a wonderful world that once lived in my young imagination, a world I think that she would support wholeheartedly- I called it ArfLand a
A Mother’s Lessons on Vaccine Advocacy Not Hesitancy
Today’s epidemic of COVID vaccine hesitancy and resistance among mothers would be something totally baffling to my own mid-century mother. “Hesitant about what?” I imagine her asking incredulously? “Saving their child’s life? Resistant to saving neighbors? Who ever heard of
A Mother’s Lessons on Vaccine Advocacy Not Hesitancy
Today’s epidemic of COVID vaccine hesitancy and resistance among mothers would be something totally baffling to my own mid-century mother. “Hesitant about what?” I imagine her asking incredulously? “Saving their child’s life? Resistant to saving neighbors? Who ever heard of
Envisioning The American Dream 