In 1960 the U.S. elected John F. Kennedy as President. He was younger than what we were used to, had a glamorous wife and two small children. My family; my Republican father and Democratic mother (yes, hard to believe, but that kind of thing was possible back then) and two older brothers embraced this…

Just Like Mom Used to Make             My mother was not anybody’s idea of a gourmet cook. She learned to make the basics of the day- fried chicken, hamburgers and eventually spaghetti. To her credit, she always made an effort to include all the food groups in our meals regardless of their gustatorial quality. But…

ME AND TUROK, SON OF STONE             Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of my father reading to me before bedtime. I’m not sure why it was always him and not my mother. Maybe it was just a mutually decided system. My Mom was an elementary school teacher so maybe she was just…