My mother’s vintage holiday baubles

December 22 | 2020

As I tell in my recent memoir, The Smallest Objective, my mother’s brief career as a biology student ended when a…  more ›


My turn at “12 or 20 questions”

December 16 | 2020

I’m very grateful to book blogger Rob McLennan for inviting me to participate in “12 or 20 questions.” Rob’s…  more ›


Observing Chanukah with a different kind of flame—my aunt Carol in the Caribbean

December 10 | 2020

In my recent memoir, The Smallest Objective, I describe how my aunt Carol and her husband, Marvin, were honeymooning in Jamaica…  more ›