Tag Archives: life

The Writing Hat

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

In three months and one day, Husband and I will celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary. And we were together for six years before we made it official in the eyes of New York State and a rabbi who spilled wine … Continue reading →

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Challenging Your Preconceptions

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

Eunice Scarfe, a Canadian author and professor, led (and presumably still leads) a popular workshop at a women’s writing conference I used to attend regularly. We were given prompts: a few words, a sentence. We were to write whatever spilled … Continue reading →

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Honor a Banned Book

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

Sometimes we won’t read a classic work of literature until a teacher plops a copy on our desks or they show up on a college “recommended reading” list. True, I have randomly picked up books like Moby-Dick, The Catcher in … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Writers and Editors!

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

Like every month, September contains a basket load of oddball holidays and observances. There’s National Lazy Mom’s Day, Wonderful Weirdos Day (technically, September 9th, but celebrated every day in my house), Stay Away from Seattle Day, and the delightfully amusing … Continue reading →

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It’s Showtime, Folks…

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

In 1969, I was probably the only eight-year-old in Hopewell Junction, New York who knew the entire soundtrack of Fiorello! For that, I blame my mother. Her love for Broadway show tunes meant that the soundtrack of my youth was … Continue reading →

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An Experiment of One…Hundred Thousand

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

I am a social media experiment. No, Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t plastered electrodes to my head to test my brainwaves while I look at adorable, spelling-deficient baby animals on Facebook, although his calls are getting more insistent and frankly, a little … Continue reading →

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

A local author had asked me to participate in an event sponsored by the Woodstock (New York) Library Forum called, “Four Funny Writers.” Now, I have this love/hate relationship with public events. A natural introvert, my first instinct is to … Continue reading →

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Child’s Play

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

Whether it’s the special treats, presents, traditions, videos of cats climbing Christmas trees, or the shiny tinselly delight of it all, the collective winter holiday season can bring out the child in us. Which made me think of a bunch … Continue reading →

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Fear Factor Is Back. Will PETA Be Watching?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Well, pass the remote and deep-fry me a Madagascar hissing cockroach. To honor the return of the “new” Fear Factor to NBC (which looks just like the “old” Fear Factor), I’ve updated one of my favorite posts. Enjoy. And kids, … Continue reading →

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Are Fewer TV Characters Reading?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Outside of Mad Men, conversations between and among our favorite television characters about contemporary fiction are rare. (Hey, in the early 60s, Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything was contemporary fiction.) But the appearance of books (printed or electronic) in … Continue reading →

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