

ON DEMAND
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them...


GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE
There’s the flasher who lives next door There’s the bum on his bar room stool They wish me luck on my way to school Last week, along...


With Love to My Favorite Mothers
To Margie, You greeted me at the door and introduced yourself, when I came to pay a 4-day shiva call for your father, on what was a very...


An Announcement in Verse
Hank Aaron hitting his 715th career home run. Dear Readers, My neck used to be missing That was then, this is now I read all of your...


My Missing Neck and a Contest For You
My missing neck part of the title is not supposed to scare you. It has nothing to do with my “beautiful brain” (of my January 6 blog...


FROM HOME AND THE ‘HOOD
1. This dog was my husband’s seatmate on his Charleston flight last Thursday. The owner napped. The dog did not. When I asked Jonathan...
WILL
At the New School where I have been an adjunct instructor since 1980, I have gotten to know: –many students. Those who take my writing...


Sid Caesar, His Writers, Some Mothers
Sid Caesar’s death last week made me think of the comedy sketches in “Your Show of Shows.” The writers of his show were top-notch. I...


MOVIE TIME
Below, beginning with the next paragraph, is the post I planned to use last week before Philip Seymour Hoffman died. I added a few lines...


Philip Seymour Hoffman
I wrote a blog about movies, which I started to post yesterday, when I read about Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death. My husband, stepson,...