Category Archives: baby boomers

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

An F.A.O. Schwarz Christmas
When I think of Christmas I think about F.A.O. Schwarz, a store synonymous with this season for me. My love for toys that remain to this day, was nurtured here. If it was holiday time, visits to this New York

An F.A.O. Schwarz Christmas
When I think of Christmas I think about F.A.O. Schwarz, a store synonymous with this season for me. My love for toys that remain to this day, was nurtured here. If it was holiday time, visits to this New York

My Not So Secret Christmas Story
To all who celebrate today, whatever you celebrate, in whatever way you choose to celebrate… I celebrate you! Thank you for taking the time to read my words, and hear my voice among the cacophony of voices out there. At

My Not So Secret Christmas Story
To all who celebrate today, whatever you celebrate, in whatever way you choose to celebrate… I celebrate you! Thank you for taking the time to read my words, and hear my voice among the cacophony of voices out there. At

A Happy Christmas Tail
My dog Stanley has long had one favorite toy. Despite a large wooden toy box overflowing with bones, balls, and chewy playthings of all shapes and sizes, from the time he was a tiny puppy he has always gravitated to

A Happy Christmas Tail
My dog Stanley has long had one favorite toy. Despite a large wooden toy box overflowing with bones, balls, and chewy playthings of all shapes and sizes, from the time he was a tiny puppy he has always gravitated to

R.I.P. Monkees Mike Nesmith
Just as every girl had her favorite Beatle, so it was with the Monkees. While lead singer Davy Jones with his devilish English accent, blew the minds of most prepubescent girls right into orbit, wool-capped Mike Nesmith with his deadpan

R.I.P. Monkees Mike Nesmith
Just as every girl had her favorite Beatle, so it was with the Monkees. While lead singer Davy Jones with his devilish English accent, blew the minds of most prepubescent girls right into orbit, wool-capped Mike Nesmith with his deadpan

Ms Magazine – Pushed to Be Betty Draper I Was Always More Like Don
After Ms Magazine ran a piece on me as an artist a few months ago, I switched gears and decided to pitch them a story about my Mad Men-like childhood where I was more Don Draper than his wife Betty.

Ms Magazine – Pushed to Be Betty Draper I Was Always More Like Don
After Ms Magazine ran a piece on me as an artist a few months ago, I switched gears and decided to pitch them a story about my Mad Men-like childhood where I was more Don Draper than his wife Betty.

November 22, 1963 An Unforgettable Weekend
History was compressed into a single weekend that November of 1963. It was the weekend that never seemed to end, that began with a TV bulletin and ended with a burning flame flickering on TV screens across the nation. Like

November 22, 1963 An Unforgettable Weekend
History was compressed into a single weekend that November of 1963. It was the weekend that never seemed to end, that began with a TV bulletin and ended with a burning flame flickering on TV screens across the nation. Like

No Shame in Body Shaming
For someone like me who struggled with an eating disorder as a teen, I am grateful I grew up in the age of Kodak Instamatic and not Facebook Instagram. Unless I had a Polaroid, snapshot selfies took at least a

No Shame in Body Shaming
For someone like me who struggled with an eating disorder as a teen, I am grateful I grew up in the age of Kodak Instamatic and not Facebook Instagram. Unless I had a Polaroid, snapshot selfies took at least a

Superman Gets Woke
Cancel Me This Batman! Superman, that all-American immigrant from a far distant planet is changing his famous motto. Truth, Justice and the American Way long the superhero’s rallying cry since WWII, has now been changed by DC Comics to Truth,

Superman Gets Woke
Cancel Me This Batman! Superman, that all-American immigrant from a far distant planet is changing his famous motto. Truth, Justice and the American Way long the superhero’s rallying cry since WWII, has now been changed by DC Comics to Truth,