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The subject for today is elections and after the 2016 Presidential election, I’m pretty well done with the whole thing...

In the ‘50s, well before the advent of “women’s lib”, it was the accepted idea that married women should be cont...

Let’s see - way back then - in the 20’s and the 30’s, those dreary Depression years. What did we do without “Sar...

We are all American citizens but many of us were born in other countries, and all of us can trace our roots to other cou...

As we get older, our minds return to younger days and we have time to think about those people and pets we loved or who ...

I love music - all kinds: early rock and roll of the 60s, classical music with thrilling symphonic melodies, standard ba...

“I have arthritis” my mother said. “I need bed rest.” That was the cure for most of my mother’s aging ailments...

Our world was holding its breath in 1940. We were recuperating from the effects of the Depression and now we were hoping...

The decade of the [19]40’s was one of contrasts – laughter and sorrow – good and evil. It was a time, for me, of g...

This is my favorite topic - books! As a very young child I loved my books: indeed, all I ever wanted for Christmas was m...

When I was a little girl living in the New York suburbs, my favorite treat was going with my father into the City. This...

I was in college when the war ended. Gradually, the men came back to resume their education, some as soon as the war was...