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

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...

It's time for a little chestnut roasting. On October 25th, before Halloween, Sirius XM switched its Love station to the Hallmark Channel....

Because one is not enough. Every year, a day or two after Thanksgiving, I nearly incinerate my house while making a sweet potato (yam)...

How hard could it be? The other day, my father came to me and told me his bathroom sink has been leaking “forever.” Until now, I haven’t...

Have you ever dressed up as food? Happy Halloween! It’s pretty exciting to have a column published on Halloween, especially since I...

Westward Ho! I have many feelings about Montauk Highway. The second time I came to the Hamptons, nearly 30 years ago, I was surprised...

Hurrah! Summer's over! I need to vent. Congratulations! Mazel tov! You’ve made it through another summer on the east end. You’ve coped...

The laws of the beach are simple and finite. I stopped going into the ocean a few years ago when, on a supposedly calm day, I got rolled...

This place is so beautiful, why would you ever leave? Last week I did one of the craziest, unheard of things that a person with a house...

Photo by Kaitlyn Baker on Unsplash It’s been a year since I’ve had a bowl of soup. Or a cup of tea. My body can’t handle hot liquids any...

Believe it or not, talking is my greatest strength. Whoops! It is swimsuit season again and I forgot to get in shape. I could have sworn...

I tried to let go of my Beta waves. The older I get, the less I want to get wet. I hate to take showers or swim in the pool or the ocean....

'Tis the season to only turn right. A few weeks ago, as I drove from Southampton to East Hampton, I started to notice the signs of the...

I’m hoarding toilet paper. Ever since January, when I found out Stop & Shop is going to acquire all of the King Kullen supermarkets, I’ve be