This day last year is the last day that I saw my sister Jane alive. It is not a good memory. We had a screaming fight about her “not trying” […]

I used to love cemeteries. Now I don’t. When I was younger, walking through a graveyard satisfied my need to feel one with history. Because living in America isn’t like Europe. […]

I belong to a neighborhood Listserv in Washington, DC. The following email was sent around to members this morning, accompanied by a surveillance video titled, Greedy Halloween Kids. “We put […]

My thoughts this election cycle: It seems a given that most politicians lie, cheat and steal, so there’s nothing shocking this go-round And if that’s true, then all that we […]

Where I grew up in Bethpage, NY, there was a different ethnic family living in every other house on the block. Some were 1st generation immigrants. Mostly though, they were […]

More oldies that have caught my attention. This is in front of my home in Bethpage, NY. Two neighborhood kids (that seem more like family) are on the left, and […]

Some of the “Ew Things” I see on my daily walk: Sitting on a park bench overlooking the ocean today, I was paused there to text my son back when […]

She slipped her hand in mineOn my leftI looked downTo innocenceThat faceSun-filledSmiling up at meI died to be livingCouldn’t resist but bend, pull her into my sideTo laughWhile hugging herAnd […]

Clotheslines One of my first delights when I went to Europe was coming upon all the clotheslines strung from building to building. The items pinned were so colorful, and seeing […]

So many roads, and I didn’t choose the right one. Not when it came to my sister. I’m thinking more about Jane now that the shock of her sudden death […]