Grimm Tales

Jan 17, 2019–Over the holidays I sat down to read stories to my 3-year-old granddaughter. Unable to bear another round of Goodnight, Moon, I grabbed a volume of my Childcraft books from the 1950s. It fell open to Jack and The Beanstalk, so we started reading. Oh my!...

Life is Spaghetti

Jan 2, 2019–My current reading throne book is called Poking a Dead Frog. Now what do you imagine that is about? I’ll wait. Ok, wrong. It’s subtitled “Conversations With Today’s Top Comedy Writers.” Author Mike Sacks conducted in-depth and freewheeling interviews with...

Spandex Optional

  Dec 26, 2018–I have a theory that life is a yearning for mobility. It begins in infancy, when we first swivel our heads, opening up our world 180 degrees. Then on to crawling, walking, and running. Finally, emulating humankind, we discover the wheel. It might...