Eyes Wide Open: Looking at 2019
2019 was an active, hectic, and stressful year. The simmering concerns I had been harboring in recent years about my mother’s living » Read more
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2018 Highlights
2018 was a year in which aging, mortality and illness reared their ugly heads, in the family and our circle of friends. » Read more
Spring bustin’ out allover in NYC: April 2018 (Part 1)
Saturday, April 14, 2018 Spring can be particularly glorious in NYC. Probably the harshness of NY winters makes this contrast inevitable. This » Read more
Wintry Japan: February 2018 (Part 1-Tokyo, on our own)
To paraphrase Dickens, it was the best of trips, it was the worst of trips. We love Japan, so much that this » Read more
Norway, September, 2017 (Part 1-Oslo)
Sunday, August 27-Monday, August 28, 2017 Getting older isn’t good for much, in my opinion. Wisdom? Maybe. Some perspective? Okay. The only » Read more
2017 Highlights
The short version I didn’t really try to set a new record for longest year’s end summary EVER, it was an EXCEPTIONALLY » Read more
Come From Away comes to New York, March 2017
Saturday, March 11, 2016 We were finally on our way to New York for the long-anticipated opening on Broadway of Come From » Read more
Japan, November 2016: Naoshima Island (Part 4)
Thursday, November 10, 2016 We took our leave of the MOPA group the day before on a decidely down note, thanks to » Read more
“The Wrong Stuff” by Steve Eilenberg (Part II -It’s a fact)
My flight fascination began when I was 6. Up until that time, presents at Chanukah and birthdays were pretty sketchy. My mother, » Read more
Japan: November, 2016 (Part 3-Kyoto)
After being sardined in the train in Tokyo en route to the shinkansen, it was a relief to arrive in Kyoto, where » Read more