It’s Banned Books Week 2022! (The week started on Sept. 18 and lasts through Sept. 24.) Since 2014, I have participated in the Banned Books Week Virtual Readout (which, by the way, can be done anytime — not just during BBW). In 2021, I read from “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” (here’s the recording and my post.) […]
Five Minute Friday: What is “together”?
TOGETHER: Many of my days this past week have led me to question what “together” really means. As I mentioned last week, my dad became hospitalized on July 26 after a fall at his assisted living facility. My daughter covered the first hours after his admission (because I was out of state on business). I […]
How to “be” with a hospitalized loved one
BE: Today would have been my parents’ 63rd wedding anniversary. My mom died in February 2018, so this anniversary and the previous four have only been in our memories, not celebrated in-person. This is a picture that came up in my TimeHop today. It was part of a display at Tenley’s and Stewart’s wedding last […]
6 highlights of summer so far
One of the Kat Bouska prompts this week is: List your top 6 summer moments so far. Here are mine: The Orlando Fringe Festival My son, daughter-in-law and I went to the Orlando Fringe Festival in May. (I know summer doesn’t technically start until June, but it was so hot that weekend, it must have […]
Five Minute Friday: The circle of life
TWENTY: One of my cyberacquaintances posted on his Instagram story today about taking his niece to her first Broadway Show, “The Lion King.” I’m not sure exactly what age his niece is, but the post led me to respond to him that “The Lion King” was the first Broadway show I took Tenley to. She […]
Don’t forget what it felt like to be a teenager
Back in March, I gave a very small contribution to a Donors Choose project that seeks to create a “personal pantry” for high school students at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. (more than 75% of the students at this high school come from low-income households). I got an email from Donors Choose today […]