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Susannah’s 2017-2018 Fall, Winter Reading List
I’ve done a lot of reading these hot, summer months, my new passion being… TRUE CRIME. Who knew Agatha Christie, with a shot of America’s Most Wanted, bubbled through my bloodstream. I should have...
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Good Writing
I’m reading essays by journalist, Pete Hamill, a favorite writer of mine. If I had picked up, Piecework, earlier, it would have led my latest reading list. Compiled in 1996, I recall reading this...
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Religion, Politics and How Old Do You Think I Am?
These are three topics that should be avoided at all costs. Recently, a girl I was working with asked, how old did I think she was. I tried bobbing and weaving so not to answer, but she persisted,...
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8 Dead Near 9/11 Memorial
Luckily, I was nowhere near the latest horror show where a 29 year-old man drove a Home Depot rental truck, down a westside bike path killing 8 innocent, unsuspecting people, including 5 visitors from...
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What’s Wrong With Me Ed?
I’m a Bobby Kennedy fan. I even have his picture in a nice, silver frame on my window sill, so it’s not unusual for me to be reading about him still again, as in, Robert Kennedy, a Memoir, by Jack...
View ArticleSee Ya Later Allegator
I’m afraid to turn on the news. Who will be the next, alleged, sexual predator to be outed. Yes, that wasn’t a typo…alleged….innocent till proven guilty. It’s still America after all. At least it...
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Bibliophile
A bibliophile is someone who collects books. Guilty as charged. It’s no secret I love to read. To disappear into a tale, true or fictional, is the best medicine there is, and it’s over-the-counter,...
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New Year’s Revolution
No, that’s not one of my famous typos, it’s how I’m approaching 2018, like a WAC, going to war. It’s interesting how army women are called WACS, short for Women’s Army Core. Wonder whose...
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American History 101
When I can’t sleep, instead of sheep, I count the presidents, making certain to remember all 45 of them. I toss in trivia like, Lincoln was the tallest at 6’4, while James Madison, the shortest at 5’4...
View ArticleWorst Story Of The Week
And the phone shall inherit the earth. I’m in the park on Sunday at 6 a.m., not a soul in sight except for one man sprinkling salt on the road. I’m delighted that it snowed just enough to be beautiful,...
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Those Wacky Presidents
After a friend read, I can name all the U.S. Presidents, he demanded to know how, so I told him. Boy, was he sorry. Washington, the first, is a no-brainer. John Adams the 2nd, Thomas Jefferson, author...
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Susannah’s 2018 Spring & Summer Reading List
When people tell me they don’t read, I literally, don’t know what to say being the serial reader that I am. I agree with JFK who said..I just feel a whole lot better when there are books around. A Rift...
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Those Mystic Chords of Memory
Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address is my favorite speech, especially its final paragraph. It’s always explained my built-in patriotism so easily ignited. As Americans we’re connected, hands held...
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Mary and Jack
Mary McGrory (1918-2004) and John Kennedy (1917-1963) were friends. They actually dated when they were just cubs making their way in Washington. He became the president, and she, the top woman...
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Bobby Kennedy Remembered
I was just 14 when Robert Kennedy died, so my reverence for him came much later. It began with journalist, Jack Newfield’s 1998 documentary film…Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir, taken from his book of the...
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Jefferson Survives…July 4th, 1826
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both died on July 4th, 1826. Adams was 90, Jefferson, 82. They had been friends, foes, then friends again much of their adult lives. Adams was the one who coaxed...
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A Word of Privacy
It pains me to admit, privacy may be a thing of the past, thanks to the good old tentacles of the internet. I can already envision an exhibit at the Smithsonian in thirty years, showing what it was...
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Happy Birthday Mrs. Kennedy
July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis would have been 89 years-old today.
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John McCain…A Hero and Then Some
My temper lies dormant. I’m like a fighter who knows his fists are lethal weapons, so it’s best to keep them hidden. In my case, my tongue will get me into trouble if I’m not careful. In AA they warn...
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Notes From The Carlyle – August 2018
Elegy to self: It’s vodka and tonic weather in a chilled, crystal glass filled with extra lime. You can almost hear the ice throughout the city, chime like church bells. Never fails when it’s this...
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