The two areas of American life that I’ve seen the most changes from the 1950s to the present are in education and the media. We all started school in Kindergarten. There was no pre-school in the 50s, at least where I grew up in Brooklyn. Now, kids are expected to have a pre-school experience before […]
Yes, many things have changed since I was born in 1951. Some changes are good. Some changes are definitely not so good. Others, well, are just interesting. Back in the ‘50s, my husband’s parents couldn’t buy a house in Monterey Park, a neighborhood east of downtown Los Angeles. His father was Native American and his […]
I don’t mind getting old and don’t hide the fact that I’ll be 60 this year. I don’t buy into the “50 is the new 30” BS – I’m sure it was coined by a fifty-something and not a thirty-something. Being a 25-year cancer survivor makes every birthday a wonderful event for me. Having had […]
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