Monthly Archives: May 2011

There was a car slowly cruising up and down Woodside Avenue, and having nothing better to do, having just finished mowing my lawn, I watched it.  I felt rather mellow, as a cool, well-prepared martini tended to make me feel … Continue reading →

Abi came to us by way of Sol, my father-in-law.  It seems that someone owed him some money, and managed a barter arrangement in which Sol wound up with the crazy dog, which at the time no one knew to … Continue reading →

In Ridgewood, organized sports was a religion, and its first manifestation occurred when boys were ready to participate in the Tiny Tots program, a baseball program for seven and eight year olds.  Later there would be Biddy Basketball, street hockey … Continue reading →

The house facing us on the other side of the street, was cursed.  Every family that moved into it wound up divorced.  Strange, but true.  Yes, there were a couple of other houses on the block that had seen a … Continue reading →