The COVID Couch
I spent two weeks on the couch riding out the extreme fatique from a COVID episode. My constant companion? Dateline TV, a non stop calvalcade of true crime documentaries, perfect for my flickering a...
17 Maalis 10min
The Cookbook That Saved My Mother's Sanity
In the mid 60's, many 1950s housewives found Betty Friedan's "Feminine Mystique" too aggressive to assimilate. My mother found the same message more palatable in Peg Bracken's "I Hate to Cook Book....
17 Maalis 7min
Our Fridge Ourselves
Take a look into your fridge. What does it say about you?
15 Tammi 8min
Now Thank We All Our Sphincters
Repurposing hymns to honor those hardworking sphincters that make us human.
29 Joulu 20257min
All at Once: Wonder, Resentment, Guilt, Remorse, Pride
A memoir piece, a swirling jumble of our common "social emotions."
24 Joulu 20257min
Word Freak
Advice for crossword puzzle enthusiasts, collected over a 50 year span of doing the NY Time Sunday crossword.
24 Joulu 20257min
The Beatles in My LIfe
Life lesson from the Beatles as a 12-year-old in 1964.
12 Joulu 202510min
