I moved to New England 35 years ago. I don’t want to sound like a cliché, but it feels as if it was no more than few months ago. On some level, I think like a transplanted New Yorker. Yet… Read More ›
New York
Hello? Can you hear me? — I love progress!
Progress. I love progress and am strongly in favor of it, especially when we are progressing backwards. Kind of like technological time travel as gradually, by adding more and better high-tech devices, stuff that used to be simple and problem-free… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: Fandom — Beisbol
I always liked baseball. I grew up in New York where the annual epic battles between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees were so important we listened to the games in classrooms in elementary school during school hours. When… Read More ›
School days: Boredom and Fear in Equal Measure
Childhood is a challenge. We romanticize childhood as a time of innocence and play, but childhood isn’t necessarily easy. Many of us struggled. We had problems at home we couldn’t or wouldn’t talk about, social issues grownups dismissed, and lived with… Read More ›
Born on the Fourth of July – The Great American Birthday Party
It’s the 4th of July again. We just watched the most spectacular fireworks display I’ve ever seen in my entire life … not to mention what has to be the absolutely best band concert in the world. Where else do… Read More ›
Swan Boat Summer
Boston Common is more than a park. With the Boston Public Garden adjacent to the common, it forms the green heart of a city that has grown big around the edges, but remains small and cozy at heart. Friendly ducks, and… Read More ›
No niche for iPad: A cautionary tale on ‘needing a purpose’ | ZDNet
See on Scoop.it – Books, Writing, and Reviews After almost two weeks with the latest iPad, I walked back to the Apple Store in Grand Central, New York and handed it back to the blue-blazoned staff hipster who greeted me at… Read More ›
Purple Sweaters, Orange Dresses
I have acquired a goodly number of sweaters over the years. This is New England. Winters are long. Heating oil is expensive. Sweaters fill the gap. This morning I noticed most of my sweaters are purple. I’ve got a few in… Read More ›
That Rosy Glow
With the big day coming up — the 50th high school reunion to which I am not going — I’m getting deluged with emails from The Reunion Group. I no longer read all of them, but every once in a while,… Read More ›
Avoiding the Reunion
There’s no way around it. I was not good with money, so in retirement I am not exactly where I wanted or hoped to be. That doesn’t mean I’m unhappy with my life. I’ve had a lot of fun, adventure… Read More ›
Back to the Zone
When I was first married, we lived in an apartment on the second floor of a building at the end of a long hallway. It was in one of two identical buildings. We lived in apartment 2Q, a corner apartment. It had… Read More ›
The White Hurricane of 1888
Today is my birthday. It’s also the anniversary of the biggest, baddest blizzard to ever hit the east coast of the United States. This year, it snowed just the other day. There’s talk of more snow next week. The early… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 