March 03, 2022

This year I will turn 60 and have begun massive overhauling of my stuff (and my Mom’s). When the time comes, I want to be prepared to go. Whether it’s to death or one of the residential options I have discussed previously. Several articles have come out recently on this very topic. Patricia Marx’s “Getting […]

February 20, 2022

I do a lot of driving and listen to a lot of podcasts. Have any of you listened to 70 over 70?  Max Linsky talks to 70 remarkable people, all over the age of 70, not just about their past but their lives right now. These are conversations about the big questions we all ask […]

February 01, 2022

In Ann Patchett’s new book, “These Precious Days,” there is an essay entitled, “There Are No Children Here.” The essay is a series of 23 vignettes, episodes in her life where the topic of her not having children has come up. Everything written here in quotation marks is part of her essay. She has heard […]

February 11, 2022

I was finally able to break into solitary confinement Cell #14-03-012 aka my mother’s storage unit in the penthouse of one of Manhattan’s most elegant storage facilities, located on Riverside Drive and 135th Street. No views of the river however. First we had to deal with pesky details such as death certificates, letters of testamentary, […]

January 20, 2022

Wow, what a crazy week. I spent it up in Massachusetts where I have lots of family. I was supposed to go to Arizona but did not feel that the height of the pandemic (at least what I hope was/is the height) was the right time to get on a plane.   I don’t know […]