Concert bands, the larger ones, typically include woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments. Sometimes they throw in a string bass....

A few years ago, this was added to my medical record: Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Now when I go to a doctor I can point to the screen...

I had just started seventh grade when I asked my father one evening to tell me what special talents I possessed. What could I do well? ...

Being an October baby, it’s appropriate that Polkas have something to do with important markers in my life. You know, Oktoberfest and all....

My father was profoundly colorblind. Here’s how he found out: Some time between running away from the orphanage where his widowed...

Growing up, I thought a perfect life would be to have that house with the white picket fence. You know, the one that my children and all...

If you grew up in Los Angeles during the late 1940s, there was only one Downtown, and that’s where you went for all the good stuff. ...

Normally I try to find the humor in most situations, yet try as I may I can’t come up with a funny twist to this story. Be forewarned,...

Growing up confused about religion was logical. I was given contradictory instruction sets. My parents told me I was Jewish but they also...

Most of my stories are about family history or essays about Important Things, but today I want to tell you about my Adventures with...

Some stories have to be told so I’ll feel better. Feeling guilty about everything is built into my genes, so when I worry about having...

Humor is a relative thing. In my case the relatives were my mother and my sister. Their humor was based on a highly developed sense of...

If there’s such a thing as reincarnation, then I’m fairly certain in one of his past lives my son was a Samurai warrior. Indications of...

My daughter has always had a better sense of style than I do, even when she was three years old. That’s when I took her to a local...

In this blog I’m going to share the secret of success for achieving enlightenment using a highly refined technique I’ve developed over...

You’ve all had that dream, the one where you remember you have to take a test today but you forgot to attend class all semester? How...

There's nothing funny about a food fight and no one should indulge in them. When you think about how many people in the world are...

How many times have you heard that in your life? “Don’t wander off.” Often? Never? For me, it started when I was a toddler and continues...

Choosing baby names was easy for my parents’ generation. The first boy or girl was named after a dead grand or great grandparent. It was...

It’s a funny thing about parents. As a child of one, you tend to think their lives began the moment you were born. By the time you...