The complicated story of a Roy Orbison concert

May 30, 2014
Who doesn't love Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman? The first few bars of the song, a hit in  1964, defined my young adolescence. And the Traveling Wilburys were a particular...
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Pijon Box: cool box curated for college students

April 3, 2014
Moms have been sending care packages to college students since, well, certainly since I was in college. Like most students, I loved getting a surprise box in the...
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Snow, ice & Currier & Ives

February 24, 2014
Snow.  That scene's  idyllic, isn't it? The snow looks so soft and fluffy. But when you've had so much of it, the charm dissipates a bit.  That's what my...
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India: A native of the country responds

December 12, 2013
I was delighted to hear that my nephew and some of his fellow grad students in Syracuse were following my blog posts while I was in India and those posts that followed...
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Is everyone who writes a writer?

August 17, 2013
“I’m writing a book!” I hear it all the time at parties.  While people wouldn’t dream of suggesting they’d become…well, for example, a...
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Life isn’t short, it’s long

June 27, 2013
How many times have you heard someone say, "Life is short!"  Or said it yourself? It's a constant in my vocabulary, a reminder that we should all make the most of...
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Where I’m going and coming back

April 22, 2013
Oh, the many places we've been in our lives!Have you counted? The places where your life played out: your childhood home. The tree on which you and your...
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Trippy times, trippy tree

December 26, 2012
Trippy tree It isn't often that we meet someone from our long-ago past, but such was the case a couple weeks ago, when I found myself sitting at lunch next to...
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Going home again

July 16, 2012
Home.For me, it's always been several places. Syracuse. Tallahassee. Los Gatos. San Jose. Mountain View. Saratoga. Tampa. Schoen Place But there's only one hometown...
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Occupy fatigue & the irony of greed

December 5, 2011
I have to admit, I'm glad to see the Occupy Movement falling victim to Occupy fatigue. I'm way down the liberal side of the political continuum. But still, the Occupy...
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