PinnedI’m Not Throwing Away My Shot — The Portal Did It Already!If the pandemic has not yet driven you insane, just try navigating one of the online vaccine applications to nowhereJan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
My Grown Daughter Ate a Pistachio — And Lived! A Food Allergy Challenge.We were the family who always brought “non-itchy” cupcakes to class partiesFeb 26Feb 26
Retracing Herbie Hancock’s Ascendant Career Back to its Launch PadHancock’s debut album Takin’ Off, recorded in 1962, showcases a young jazz innovator who was going places.Mar 26, 2024Mar 26, 2024
Was it Time to Play Autumn Leaves Again?https://www.dallasnews.com/.../10/16/autumn-leaves-again/Oct 15, 2022Oct 15, 2022
Dear Klaatu, Please Save Us from OurselvesThe alien hero of a 1951 sci-fi thriller had a good plan for ending the world’s nuclear saber-rattlingAug 11, 2022Aug 11, 2022
My Father’s Run-Ins with General Patton, Eisenhower and David Niven — and About That Purple HeartBy Allan RippNov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020
Unexpected Takeaways from a Writing ClassThe setting confirmed I’m no Phillip Roth and this was no Iowa Writer’s Workshop, but I’m the one who was schooledMar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020