Viva Las Vegas! Viva Mom and Dad!
On my last trip to Las Vegas at age 25, I played roulette every day after swimming. One afternoon, Richie Havens gambled at the same...
WHAT TO BRING TO CAMP AND LIFE
WHAT TO BRING TO CAMP AND LIFE (This essay appeared in different form on AARP’s website.) Each spring, Uncle Lou, the director of Camp...
The Grandfather Connection
(THE GRANDFATHER CONNECTION was published in Parents Magazine-April 1991.) My father and my daughter,Emily, thirteen, are doing the...
Happy Father’s Day, Dad
longer version of this essay appeared in PARENTS MAGAZINE (June 1988). My father would now be 104. [one_half] Dear Dad, It was...
Happy Mother’s Day: Mom’s Lessons on Love
(This originally appeared in The Boston Globe Magazine on May 9, 2010) Mom’s Lessons on Love She taught me to be independent and sure of...