Below is a collection of my Tilting at Windmills Column from The East Hampton Press and my other articles.

It's Time to Charge the Car! And Pee. It's Always Time to Pee. Have you ever been driving at night in Sagaponack on Route 27 towards East Hampton – say after an errand-filled day in New York City, including lunch with a friend, a mammogram, and a visit to the shoe repair guy (because god forbid we have a shoe repair guy in the Hamptons) – so, by the time you leave, it’s rush hour and you endure the grueling slog of the Long Island Expressway only to get caught behind a car t

Men should walk a mile in these shoes. I got stuck in a dress. It was a cute white dress, with large flowers. I thought it would be good for summer cocktail parties – not that I have any on the docket. My philosophy is that impromptu cocktail parties can pop up anytime, and one should have a dress at the ready. Sadly, this dress wasn’t right for me and had to be returned. Mr. Hockey wasn’t home and couldn’t help when I was taking it off. I managed to pull the dress’s zipp

These were both taken on April 13, 2026. So you get my point. Did you know there are two first days of spring: a meteorological first day and an astronomical first day? I just learned this from Janice Huff, the weatherperson on News Channel 4 New York. This year, the meteorological first day of spring was (and always is) March 1st, whereas the astronomical – or vernal equinox – was (and usually is) March 20th. The meteorological March 1st date is arbitrary. The w

The earth is precious, like disco balls. I learned a new word! Bombogenesis. Sounds scary, right? When I looked at its root words, as we did on our SAT vocabulary tests, I thought it meant “bomb beginning.” Thankfully I’m wrong. Bombogenesis a meteorological term for a significant drop in atmospheric pressure. I came across this word when I was researching this winter’s biggest blizzard. Named Hernando by The Weather Channel, it dumped record amounts of snow on us – bec