Exit Plan
Do you ever think about the disposal of your body? In the summer blockbuster movie, “Barbie,” Barbie asks, “Do you guys ever think about...
Do you ever think about the disposal of your body? In the summer blockbuster movie, “Barbie,” Barbie asks, “Do you guys ever think about...
My salad spinner, in my drainboard. Whenever I make a salad, I have only one thought: I hate the salad spinner. I hate cutting up the...
The summer traffic has made me as tired as this old beach bag. So I brought back Beach Blanket Bingo! I heard the following conversation...
Happy Birthday to ME!! Someone had a birthday this week. Can you guess who? It’s me! You were thinking, “It was July 4th, America’s...
The salad bar in my latest hotel's shower. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” Etsy sells this quote on...
Inside this bag is about 15 pounds of my unwanted used skivvies! I recently had a housewifing triumph. I removed grease stains from Mr....
Always Tasty! A few weeks ago, I suffered a partial intestinal blockage and my digestive system stopped working. I’ll spare you the gory...
It's a bit gray here in the East End and I'm sick of it. Did you know that Mr. Hockey, the hockey pucks, and I lived in London for six...
There are three ways to spell Hanukkah. I can never keep it straight. It’s December 1st. We can talk about the holidays. Finally. As if...
Generation Women Storytelling Night February 19, 2020 at Caveat, NYC I represented Team 50s
I like coffee. I like men. I went to Starbucks every single day for more than twenty years. It’s probably closer to thirty. I’m afraid to...
I was fluent in snow. My teacher friends have told me that when their students wanted a snow day, they wore their pajamas inside out the...
I don't like nutmeg. I do like elections. This column was originally published on October 8, 2020 in The East Hampton Press, but I forgot...
The saints wanted to have a word with me. In the past year, Mr. Hockey and I have been to four weddings. There was a post-covidian...
Every so often, I like to whip out my peony pics. How’s your garden growing? We’ve got a bumper crop of hydrangeas here at Chez Hockey...
I've been thinking about the Equal Rights Amendment for the past 50 years. The highlight of my second-grade year was when a woman from...
I wanted to serve on a jury, but I ended up fixing a lamp. I was summoned to serve as a trial juror for the Suffolk County Courts the...
I finally had my colonoscopy and you can read ALL about it here! “Forgive me nurse, for I have sinned. It has been seven years since my...
In which the reader learns about my nightmares. Let’s go back in time, forty-something years. My parents have just dropped me off at...
My view at a concert. Last month, I went to see the rock group Genesis perform. It was a heady experience. I use the word heady in the...