I was obsessed with ice skating in grade school but didn’t have anyone to take me to lessons.  So I taught myself “moves” in my driveway while I waited for the bus in the morning, or in the living room on the Oriental rug–my rink–while watching championships on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. No skates.  [...]

Growing up with a dad who  worked as a psychiatrist for the Veterans Administration, I had moments when I thought that potential patients would one day run out.  I knew the bulk of the veterans were from WW2 and the Korean and Vietnam wars. There was no large influx of new veterans for almost two [...]

I finished Huck Finn properly this morning and feel, as it was a tenth grade reading assignment that I didn’t follow at the time (meaning I hardly read it), as though I should write a book report.  It has been a while since I’ve done one.  I could bang one out in a half hour [...]