How things have changed since I was young! I remember when my first child was born, way back in 1964,

I had written the first draft of what I thought would be my next column and I showed it to

One of the numerous joys of modern life is being put on hold when you call almost anyone. My mother,

I hate teasers. But even as I write that I realize that my very title is something of a teaser.

“Give many men thine ear but few thy voice.” — William Shakespeare   Yes, Shakespeare had a good point, which

They say ideas are a dime a dozen, and that may be true, though that sentence was probably first uttered

“Why so large cost…” — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 146   Though it’s pretty clear that capitalism is here to stay,

Is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed when, on a day like today (Monday, April 16), when

In 1987, at the age of 44, I ran for town board in New Paltz, experiencing for the first time

“Florence Wolfson Howitt, whose lifelong dream of recognition as a writer eluded her until she was in her 90s, when