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Trust America
I’ve been reading all about Meryl Streep’s unexpected speech at the Golden Globes. It surprised me, since her behavior is normally so neutral. She was indirectly, without mentioning his name, railing...
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Mr. and Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson
This seems to be history week on athingirl.com. since I feel the need to weigh in after seeing the film Jackie, that annoyed me on many levels, starting with Natalie Portman’s over the top...
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A Quintessential American
U.S Representative, John Lewis, has always been a man I’ve greatly admired ever since reading his book, Walking With The Wind (1999), about the Civil Rights Movement. I remember watching him stand...
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Let’s All Attend the 58th Inauguration
On this coming Friday, January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump and Micheal R. Pence (let’s hear it for middle initials) will be sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States of America. It’s...
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Give Me Your Tired…Your Poor…Your Detained
It’s no secret Donald Trump, the bible still warm from his oath of office, proceeds minus tact nor diplomacy. I attribute this to not caring what others think of him, an odd trait for any president to...
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President’s Day 2017
Tomorrow we’re honoring two of our noblest of leaders by closing banks and hosting white sales. George Washington (February 22, 1732), and Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809) I’m sure would be honored...
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Freckles
I’m a big reader, as most of you know, having the privilege of belonging to a very special library, with stacks you can roam that remind me of catacombs. You just never know what you’ll find. In one...
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Stand By Your Man
I was perusing through a book about the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), and the page I opened to, was about his wife, Adrienne. During France’s revolution, called the Reign of Terror (1793-1794),...
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Remembering Jackie
It was May, 1994, when I was coming home through Central Park, wondering why there were so many news trucks along Fifth Avenue. I had yet to learn, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, better known to the...
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JFK at 100
That’s the one good thing about dying young, you still look pretty good, and how uncanny to have May 29 of this very special milestone, fall on Memorial Day. I’ll bet he would have smiled at that. John...
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Bobby…Los Angeles, California June 6, 1968
Today is 49 years since Bobby Kennedy left us, courtesy of an assassin’s bullet, and coincidently, the 73rd Anniversary of D-Day. I happen to be a big RFK fan, even having his picture framed on my...
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Curious Thoughts
The way the world is complaining about the heat. Doesn’t it remember bitching about the cold not that long ago? And how lucky are we to have air-conditioning and ceiling fans where many unfortunates...
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Independence Day…2017
The 4th of July makes me think of many things. Cookouts at my Auntie Ida’s, chicken sizzling on the grill. A trash can filled with ice cold Coca-Colas, my mother’s famous potato salad served in a...
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God Bless America
I warn you, this is not one of my slaphappy posts. I’m here, stunned into silence after going to the 9/11 Museum downtown. A friend asked, what possessed me? Well, I always wanted to go since, being a...
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John McCain…Eternal Hero
As I sat in a cafe reading in the New York Times that Arizona Senator, John McCain, is suffering from aggressive brain cancer, I began to cry. A teenage boy seated near me asked what was wrong. My...
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First Family History
I picked up a book called, First Families (2005), by Bonnie Angelo, that’s filled with fascinating facts of the men, along with their wives and children, who’ve lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I...
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Charlottesville, Virginia August 12, 2017
When General George Edward Pickett (1825-1875) led his doomed division in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1865 on the last day of this famous battle famously known as Pickett’s Charge, mounted...
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September 11, 2017
I was asked, why do I insist on celebrating this day. First of all, celebrating is certainly, not the right word. One doesn’t celebrate the saddest day New York City has ever had. But yes, we...
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A Little Diplomacy
It’s been, the First Day of School week, on the upper east side. Kids of all ages, with parents, grandparents, nannies in tow, dressed like tiny cadets…boys in blue blazers and miniature knackis,...
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STOP TWEETING DONALD!
Friends of mine invited me to Sagamore Hill to visit Teddy, as in Roosevelt, but alas, declined, due to my recent health issue. But boy, if there was ever a time I need to talk to him, it’s now. This...
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