My hero

My hero

In the 70's, Erica Jong stunned and delighted readers with her jaw-dropping, powerful feminist voice. We found ourselves always torn between the mothers in our heads and the women we needed…
The Brothers Grimm, very grim

The Brothers Grimm, very grim

(reposted with editing) I was searching for something else when I stumbled upon the Grimm Brothers. Daguerreotype 1847 Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm  (1786–1859), were German academics. They are among the…
Yellin’

Yellin’

Screenshot I was watching Steven Colbert the other night. It might have been a rerun but he interviewed former Treasury Secretary (Biden administration) Janet Yellon. She charmed him—and me.  So…
Good things come in small packages

Good things come in small packages

The Talmud teaches that the sanctity of the post-worship meal merits promising judgment in the next world.  I was sitting at a 6-foot round with some of the older synagogue members. Comfortably conversing with my…
Dining with Randy Travis

Dining with Randy Travis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-dX3yFkLVE He just seemed sad to me. A few times we dined with Randy and his first wife (and manager), Lib Hatcher. I don't have any memory of where. Usually…
Antiquing with Dwight Yoakam

Antiquing with Dwight Yoakam

Driving home from grocery shopping, this weekend, A Thousand Miles from Nowhere (1993) came on my Sirius station. I'm a thousand miles from nowhereI've got bruises on my memoryI've got…
Meet Candye

Meet Candye

Candye Kane, an ex-stripper/part-time phone-sex operator turned country music and blues queen, had a fifty-four-inch bustline, a heart as big and warm as the San Fernando Valley, and a smile…