Award Winner
I was honored to be one of the first three inaugural recipients of the Age Forward Employer Award on September 25. I value the experience and the talent the staff in the office and OZ bring every day!
The Wayback Machine–October Leaves
By the start of October, we’re well into the swing of the school year. Every day gets darker and darker. It makes us feel like we’ll never the sun again; it’ll be a long time until we have fun again, running through the sprinklers, drinking Kool-Aid, running barefoot and playing. Winter looms. Halloween is […]
The Wayback Machine–Look Up!
Look Up! I recently asked someone, “When was the last time you looked at the stars?” That person couldn’t answer me. Maybe it was too foggy lately to see them, but I believe it’s because it had been so long since the person looked up, they couldn’t remember. People don’t look at the bigger […]
The Wayback Machine — Ugly Orthopedic Shoes
My mother had a knack for making anything sound good. Like telling me that raisins were candy. I had to wear orthopedic shoes. They were expensive in those days. But my mother convinced me they were cute. I believed her — until I went to school. When I got to school, I realized that […]
They Wayback Machine — Seasonal Food
Labor Day meant apples were in season. My mother made a great apple pie. We ate seasonal vegetables. By September, everything in the garden would come ready, especially the tomatoes. My mother canned things and made relish. We switched from summer food to winter food. My mother wasn’t much of a cook, so our […]
The Wayback Machine: When the Shutters Come Down
Labor Day used to be a time on Cape Cod when everything shut down. Everything simply closed. Downtown Hyannis, and especially the Outer Cape, everything was closed. The Summer People went home. Even though it helped the economy back then, too, it wasn’t anything like it is now. We went from a lot going on […]
The Wayback Machine — A Visit with Iris Apfel
It was so good to see Iris. I have one of her mother’s necklaces. It’s from a casino in Jamaica. Out of plastic, from that glamorous time of gambling and drinking and dancing. It’s very old, and has sentimental value for me. Iris signed her new book for me: Iris Apfel Accidental […]
The Wayback Machine — Men Waiting (Memories of the Oz Tent Sale)
Some of these men had been to the tent sale in previous years. This was not their first rodeo. I give the men credit. It was during that hot, hot weather. The women would come into the tent. The men sat on the porch patiently drinking coffee from Nirvana. No one was impatient, or grouchy, […]
The Wayback Machine: New York Adventures with Hot Dogs and Sensors
All New Yorkers know about Gray’s Papaya. I’ve been working in New York since 1976, and always gone by it, but never had one of their famous hot dogs. I’d gone to Bloomingdale’s Outlet. It was starting to rain. I went into Gray’s Papaya, and ordered a hot dog and a Coca Cola. The Coke […]
The Wayback Machine–Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls in is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. I’ve been fortunate enough to visit some of the other wonders. With all the things going on politically, it makes one think of these wonders. Some have been destroyed. Some are in such dangerous places, one can’t really visit. Why destroy them? […]