Is it only gay men and Jews who have Mommy Issues? I think not,   As you were growing up has there ever been anyone more judgemental, backward thinking, demanding, masochistic, sadistic and what’s more a totally humiliating human being in the world. All of these things and even more so because she was so often right. How many bankruptcies, divorces, broken noses, over-salted soups, hideous tattoos, bad haircuts, and crooked teeth, could have been avoided if we’d only listened

. When Moses came down from Sinai he brought with him a set of rules. And while over the years there have been some modifications, for...

We were riding in the car when my husband excitedly pointed out the window, “That’s where Aunt Sylvia had her corset shop.” His head...

Recently I read an article about a man who was a lawyer, an author, and a TikTok star. He’d been confined to an iron lung since he was...

I like to think I deal with change pretty well. I consider it as a positive. Skirts go up, skirts go down, ties are skinny, wide, what’s...

We were all sitting on the balcony. A late evening breeze ruffled the hair and was scented with the fragrance of potted flowers. The wine...

“ Honey, where’s the white wine?“ "Have you tried looking in the refrigerator?” spoken with barely disguised irony. Wasn’t it Nora Ephron...

I just ran into this photo of my dad and me from years ago. Amazing! I haven’t changed a bit. Recently there was an article in the Times...

Several years back my sister bought a stupid gimmick called the dollar snatcher. As the name implies, you attach a dollar to an...

Many years ago when I lived in New York, I had the world’s most fabulous cleaner. There was only one hitch. She believed that President...