Most of us living in Levittown may be aware that the Levitts provided fruit trees with their newly built homes. Thank goodness that most homes didn’t receive the dreaded weeping willow shown in the plot plan for the Levittowner below,… Continue Reading →
When we were growing up in Levittown, we didn’t understand how unusual it was to go barefoot around the house in winter. Maybe our parents had an appreciation but we were just kids. In hindsight however, I loved the heated… Continue Reading →
There are discoveries still to be made in our Levitt homes. Several years ago when we moved from a Jubilee to a Clubber that was much in need of updating, my wife and I had a plan for each room… Continue Reading →
There are a lot of people of a certain age (like me) who remember the mosquito truck that would navigate through neighborhoods spraying a chemical fog. When we were kids in the ‘50s and ‘60s, whenever the mosquito man came… Continue Reading →
On occasion, I am motivated to write. Subjects vary but increasingly over the last few years I have written about social and political observations. I’ve assembled this collection of essays, some of which have been previously published, that are focused… Continue Reading →
For the last few years, I have been inundated with email requests from Democratic candidates and organizations far and wide seeking my opinion on surveys, my signature on petitions, and, of course, donations. I get at least a dozen every… Continue Reading →
We risk becoming spectators instead of participants in events evolving around us.
Last week I attended a rally, a protest of sorts, that came up suddenly in response to the firing of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General and the appointment of a replacement out of the defined order of succession. This is… Continue Reading →
The end of a career can be a bittersweet thing, especially for a teacher. It often is a deeply personal profession and so it has been with Marcia. After seeing her own four children into school, she worked late on… Continue Reading →
I admit that I don’t watch Fox News, – I can’t take it and have even gone so far on a business trip as to check out of a hotel that constantly aired it in all of the common areas…. Continue Reading →
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