A couple of years ago, when former California Governor and movie icon Ahnohld Schwarzenegger’s revealed his dalliance with one of his domestic employees, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek response to the “shocking” news. I framed it as a letter to those opposed to letting gay people marry, and suggested that the crowd to whom we should deny marriage is the […]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Here’s why I love this comic strip very much. One might read this and think its creators are saying, “Damn teenagers. They have no vocabulary. They never talk to us. They never TELL us anything.” I see something completely different in this comic strip. 1. Teenagers are moody. 2. Teenagers have trouble figuring out what’s […]
A Jewish Kid in Catholic School? Nothing But Nachas.*
My son Nicky loves baseball. He’s really, really good at it. Despite the looooong list of Jews who made it big in baseball, we were shocked to learn our town was not overflowing with Jewish schools that have viable baseball programs. My husband’s old Catholic school, however, (“The Hall”) has a very well-respected baseball program. So does […]
I’m Still Here…and There, and There, and Sometimes Over There…
Hello, people! I realize it might seem I go dormant for a couple of weeks on the blog, but I assure you that’s not the case. Except for when it is. But really, at the moment, it’s not the case. Sometimes I’m published other places, and sometimes I get paid for it, and other times […]
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Ballerinas on the Moon
In honor of Thank A Teacher Day: the following is a slightly edited version of a post I wrote for Catonsville Patch over a year ago. You can read the original version here. The lilting, closing notes to Brahms’ Waltz in A Flat Major still rang in the air. (We had an actual pianist playing an […]
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