A couple of weeks ago, I attended the inauguration of a garden at the Acton Memorial Library (in Massachusetts) in memory of my grandmother, Charlotte Sagoff. Two years ago, at her memorial, I read a piece I wrote on the theme of a garden; how lovely that my very last sentence should have come to [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Charlotte
Posted in Moments, Observations, Writing on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Can one be the people at age five?
Posted in Being the people, Parenting on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There’s no one quite like a five year old to showcase the potential of escalation. Take the following case: Five year old K has started kindergarten. She likes her class; the head teacher is a “boy teacher” who is “cool and rides a motorcycle” and K has already made friends. With three years of preschool [...]
And now for some complete silliness
Posted in Writing on September 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I like to rhyme. It’s in my genes. My grandfather was a poet, always ready with a witty couplet which made his children and grandchildren, and all those young and old who flocked to him, cringe and groan and ache with laughter all at once. To him my family traces the urge to compose a [...]
