Retirement—What a Worthless Word
“When one door closes another door opens,” Julie Andrew said in The Sound of Music. Actually, Alexander Graham Bell said it first, if you don’t count John the Apostle,1 Helen Keller,2 and Miguel de Cervantes.3 My…
Take the Long Way Home*
I could't get the song to load. You'll have to hum;) Always take the long way home! *Supertramp, 1978.
loss: a friendship dies
R. was walking through the field to the residence entrance. Pink shirt, red face. Helping a colleague/woman friend carry luggage. Martha? Matilda? Martina . . . Navratilova-like hair. Margaret Hamilton on a…
Sad but True
I knew by then as a Jewish kid that there were people who hated me simply for that reason. -Norman Lear Norman Lear, 1922-2023. From IMDB: Norman Lear was born…
Fear of Failure
I grew up in a family with incredible standards. My father was a nationally known legal scholar. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his name was synonymous with brilliance. Both of…
Our pup is sick
Wyoming, summer 2020 We found Roady two months after our beloved Maggie was hit and killed on our road. They did not even stop. I had gone to town to…
For Rachel
Rachel Goldberg, for your only son My throat swells with sorrow My soul defeated. Heart throbbing sadness.Please know. I will never forget. I cherish my Judaism. I agree. Palestinians should have their own state.Couldn’t say…
A Library Lifeline
When I made the decision to leave my first marriage, I had a 4-year-old daughter and no job. My ex, in an attempt to scare me into staying said, “It’s…
Perfection on Lane Road
In the memoir strand of Rain Dodging, I document my turbulent journey, but it hasn’t all been chaos and calamity. There have been periods of grace and calm. For instance, when…
“I Can’t Hear You!”
You know the FB videos of toddlers who are deaf and with cochlear implants hear their mother’s voices for the first time? The surprise mixed with joy? Apparently--because Tony was…