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

I decree that ice cream shouldn't have chunks. For the first time in 26 years, the Village of East Hampton is without an ice cream shop:...

Will my dryer ever be fixed? The hockey pucks sometimes call me “bougie” because we live in a large house in the Hamptons with nice...

I almost detonated my husband! Photo by Hush Naidoo on Unsplash By the time I was 52, I had experienced many of the common symptoms of...

David Arshram's "Venus De Milo" at Longhouse Reserve, Photo by Bill Grathwohl With our azaleas, peonies and hydrangea, there is always...

Only my pillow will do. After more than half a century of sleeping on my side, I pinched a nerve in my neck. I had to buy a pillow to...

Reuseable K-Cups can help. Happy Earth Day everyone! I hope you’re spending the day enjoying the earth. I celebrate by dancing around a...

Staying hydrated is the only way to get through. We’ve done it! We’ve made it through one year of the covidian lockdown. What should we...

My first pair of jeans were Toughskins from Sears. My Calvin Klein, size none-of-your-business, “skinny” jeans were critically injured...

I'm hashtag grateful. Last week, I was at my friend Marie’s house (I changed her name, so I don’t fully embarrass her) and on her shelf...

Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash When I set out to write one of these columns, I try to think of a subject that’s timely, relatable and...

Everyone is still here and I'm still swearing in my car. I always get excited when September rolls around. As a kid, going back to school...

The laws of the beach are simple and finite. Friends of this column might remember that last August, I invented a game, Tracy’s Beach...

My golf game is bananas. I’ve been playing golf for fifteen years and I stink. I’m so bad people make excuses for me. When I fail to chip...

I have a thing for toilet paper. Longtime fans will remember that in my first Tilting at Windmills column, I admitted I was hoarding...

The chipped Dansk Christianshavn mug. As a preface, I just want to say how grateful I am. My family is safe. We are all comfortable and...

The FLP in all her glory. At the start of the lockdown, one of our hockey pucks (as I like to refer to our children) moved back home with...

My to-do list I know a little something about self-isolating. I work from home and, in order to do my job, I’m supposed to stay in my...

Sock it to me, baby. We were invited to a friend’s sixtieth birthday party and the dress code was a 60s theme. On the electronic...

What we need is a good blizzard. Am I the only person who thinks we’ve had more cloudy or rainy days than sunny ones this winter? It’s...

These won't make it to the end of the month. Here we are two weeks into January, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve given up on your...