It’s coming. Just ask the National Hurricane Center, The Department of Homeland Security, The World Health Organization or my Grandmother. They’ll all tell you that the “big one” is looming, that the next great catastrophe will soon be upon us. Their advice in the wake of this … [Read more...]

Sam Carrot awoke to the sunshine warming the dew off his head. He had bean chili through the night. “Hey Harry, wake up.” “Good morning, Sam. I dreamt that there was this grate radish party in the next patch. One classy tomato came up to me and wanted to get saucy.” Sam … [Read more...]

It was the usual mammogram drill, undress from the waist up, put on the pink gown open in the front. “Don’t bother putting your arms in,” the technician instructed me. “Just snap it at the top.” It created a casual, yet chic, minor super-hero look. I waited for her return, trying … [Read more...]

June and July are big celebration months for me. In addition to Father’s Day, the birthdays of all thee of my children and my mother’s and father’s birthdays all fall in the twin J’s as well. Not all of these events require gifts (not since the Great Schwartzberg Family … [Read more...]