Category Archives: Personal Memories
Presidential Races- Joe Biden Wasn’t the First President to Drop Out
July 21 was an ordinary lazy Sunday at the beach. Until it wasn’t. As I do most Sundays in the summer, I spend time at my local beach on the North Shore of Long Island. After a week of political
Presidential Races- Joe Biden Wasn’t the First President to Drop Out
July 21 was an ordinary lazy Sunday at the beach. Until it wasn’t. As I do most Sundays in the summer, I spend time at my local beach on the North Shore of Long Island. After a week of political
How Presidential Debates Were Changed By Television
Whether tonights debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump is the summer blockbuster they are hoping or not, this is potentially one of the most consequential debates since John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon’s. And that’s saying a
How Presidential Debates Were Changed By Television
Whether tonights debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump is the summer blockbuster they are hoping or not, this is potentially one of the most consequential debates since John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon’s. And that’s saying a
Who Knew Adopting A Dog Would Feel Like Online Dating?
Who knew finding a dog could be as tough as online dating? Finding my furbaby Moe was a fraught process with age becoming a liability. I share my story of how I cleared all the many hoops in my article
Who Knew Adopting A Dog Would Feel Like Online Dating?
Who knew finding a dog could be as tough as online dating? Finding my furbaby Moe was a fraught process with age becoming a liability. I share my story of how I cleared all the many hoops in my article
D Day A Country United 80 Years Ago
It was June 1944. It was wartime. While my father Marvin was spit-polishing his regulation army boots in the jungles of New Guinea, on the other side of the globe my teenage bobby soxer mother Betty polished up her saddles
D Day A Country United 80 Years Ago
It was June 1944. It was wartime. While my father Marvin was spit-polishing his regulation army boots in the jungles of New Guinea, on the other side of the globe my teenage bobby soxer mother Betty polished up her saddles
D Day A Country United 80 Years Ago
It was June 1944. It was wartime. While my father Marvin was spit-polishing his regulation army boots in the jungles of New Guinea, on the other side of the globe my teenage bobby soxer mother Betty polished up her saddles
D Day A Country United 80 Years Ago
It was June 1944. It was wartime. While my father Marvin was spit-polishing his regulation army boots in the jungles of New Guinea, on the other side of the globe my teenage bobby soxer mother Betty polished up her saddles
Mother’s Day With Moe
A perfect ending to my first Mother’s Day with my dog Moe brought Stanley back into the day. In a late afternoon walk with Moe as my husband and I breathed in the fragrant lilacs and admired the display
Mother’s Day With Moe
A perfect ending to my first Mother’s Day with my dog Moe brought Stanley back into the day. In a late afternoon walk with Moe as my husband and I breathed in the fragrant lilacs and admired the display
Holocaust Remembrance Day- More Important than Ever
To those deniers of the Holocaust: There is no denying that these members of my husband Hershel’s family lives were taken too early. There is no denying that none of them would ever enjoy growing old to delight in the
Holocaust Remembrance Day- More Important than Ever
To those deniers of the Holocaust: There is no denying that these members of my husband Hershel’s family lives were taken too early. There is no denying that none of them would ever enjoy growing old to delight in the
How the 1970 Shooting at Kent State Forever Changed Me
The sight of armed officers on our college campuses chills. Republicans who are calling for the National Guard to be sent to colleges to intervene in pro-Palestinian protests have a dim memory of what can happen when troops are
How the 1970 Shooting at Kent State Forever Changed Me
The sight of armed officers on our college campuses chills. Republicans who are calling for the National Guard to be sent to colleges to intervene in pro-Palestinian protests have a dim memory of what can happen when troops are
I Found Out I Can Do Something
Last Sunday, the shy little girl who was too scared to raise her hand in class and use her voice, the young woman so hampered by shame for decades that she kept silent, won the award for best voiceover in
I Found Out I Can Do Something
Last Sunday, the shy little girl who was too scared to raise her hand in class and use her voice, the young woman so hampered by shame for decades that she kept silent, won the award for best voiceover in
Happiness is A Warm Puppy. Not Killing One
Happiness is a Warm Puppy. Not Killing One. Moe ‘Kingfish’ Katz with a nod to Charles Schulz When I returned home after five days away at the New Bedford Film Festival it was into the loving paws of my dog
Happiness is A Warm Puppy. Not Killing One
Happiness is a Warm Puppy. Not Killing One. Moe ‘Kingfish’ Katz with a nod to Charles Schulz When I returned home after five days away at the New Bedford Film Festival it was into the loving paws of my dog
Envisioning The American Dream 