In the middle of last summer, during our family vacation in New York’s Adirondacks, we went on a lake tour and narrowly avoided the dangers of my imagination. A bustling cross-country ski center in the winter, Lapland Lake is a quiet retreat the rest of the year, shared only by those staying in the ten […]
Category: Stories
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“Come on, come on, let’s light the candles!” we called upstairs to our son. He felt badly that he hadn’t gotten us Hanukkah presents, but he’d come up with a solution, and tonight was the night. He wrote up a list of times from which we could choose when we would light the candles. We each […]
Shopping for a good story
For many people, shopping is a sport. Some glory in finding a bargain, others, well, I really don’t get it. At all costs, I avoid: department stores with wall-to-wall people and loud muzak that now consists of songs I actually know dressing rooms with curtains that don’t close or doors that don’t lock grocery stores, […]
A Performance Enhancing Instrument
Just before I’m on stage, I am often a little anxious. I find energy in that anxiety. It carries me to the “high” that enables me perform well. When I begin, some part of my body may shake or need to fiddle, but I hide it well and no one notices. I play for the […]
