NANCY DAVIDOFF KELTON

First road-trip stop—Boston—to see my 98-year-old (in Sept.) mother- in- law. The witty remarks and laughter kept coming. Her gratitude...

I’m sitting at Mermaid Beach in St. Croix, staring out at the water and at the iguana in the sand 20 feet away. The iguana is bigger than...

I’m on a porch in Napeague between Amagansett and Montauk, between a swim and walk and I’m staring at the hocean. My Grandma Cohen who...

St. Croix is hilly. Our friend’s house on a hill overlooks the Caribbean and the beach. It’s quiet. The only sounds are those of birds,...

HOW I AM SPENDING MY SUMMER VACATION Rereading Dorothy Parker Is inspiring some verse Don’t despair, stay with me here Things could be...