Articles

PUBLISHED ARTICLES (partial list)

“Tales from Lockdown in My New Apartment,” Next Avenue, April 2, 2021. (This essay was selected as part of the series, “Telling Our Stories: Reflections on the Pandemic.”)
“The Kindness of Strangers,” AleePlus.com. February 4, 2021.
“Easter Island: Ancient Mysteries in a Modern World” AleePlus.com, January 2021
“Rediscovering the Telephone,” The Transition Network Newsletter, May 2020
“Staying Active while Sheltering in Place,” NYCityWoman, July 2020
“Home Sharing for Older Adults in New York City “NYCityWoman.com, December 2019
“NYC’s Organizations for Older Adults, Part 2” NYCityWoman.com, October 2019
“NYC’s Organizations for Older Adults (Part 1),” NYCityWoman, March 2019
“Your Husband Did What?” How Actress Maddie Corman Made Art from Public Humiliation.,” NextTribe, May 2019
“NYC’s Organizations for Older Adults (Part 1),” NYCityWoman, March 2019
“Gloria: A Life, Onstage in New York,” NYCityWoman, February 2019.
“Ten Books for Us to Read Now,” NYCityWoman, January 2019.
“Six Books to Read in December,” NYCityWoman, December 2018.
“Five Books to Read in November,” NYCityWoman, November 2018.
“Six Books to Read in October,” NYCityWoman, October 2018.
“Zumba! The Worldwide Dance/Fitness Craze,” NYCityWoman, September 2018.
“How Seniors Share Experience and Wisdom,” NYCityWoman, July 2018.
“Saving Your Marriage After An Affair,” NYCityWoman, March 2018.
“Women Running Away With the Sport,” NYCityWoman, December 2017.
“Travel Groups for Women Only,” NYCityWoman, November 2017.
“Susan Brownmiller: The Feminist Gardener,” NYCityWoman, August 2017.
“Private Libraries in New York City,” NYCityWoman, June 2017.
“Sunday in the Parlor with Marjorie,” NYCityWoman, March 2017.
“New Yorkers March to Support Women’s Rights,” NYCityWoman, January 2017
“Still Active (Ahem!) After All These Years,” Jewish Week, November 2016
“Fighting Ageism: Our Time Has Come,” Third Age, August 2016.
“When Your Child Lives an Ocean Away,” NYCityWoman, March 2016
“Older Women, Younger Men: A Current Trend,” NYCityWoman, February 2016
“March on the North Shore Suburbs: A White Civil-Rights Activist Looks Back,”
The Pennsylvania Gazette, December 22, 2015
“I Gave Away My Wedding Dress,” ThirdAge, October 2015
“You’re Never Too Old to Find New Friends,” NYCityWoman, August 2015
“Love, Loss, and What You Wore,” NYCityWoman, June 2015″
“Improve Your Balance and Avoid Needless Falls,” NY City Woman, February 2015
“Ari Seth Cohen: Photographing the Stylish Elderly,” NY City Woman, September 2014
“Widows Helping Widows: The W Connection,” NY City Woman, June 2014
“Pages That Bind: Book Clubs in New York City,” NY City Woman, April 2014
“The Women Who Warned Their Families,” The Jewish Daily Forward, April 2014
“Never Too Old to Bungy,” Evolve Again Faster, March 2014
“Return to Kirchberg,” The Pennsylvania Gazette, March/April 2014
“Nextdoor.com: Meet Your Neighbors Online,” NY City Woman, February 2014
“The Pros and Cons of Concierge Medical Care,” NY City Woman, September 2013
“How Breastfeeding Could Help Prevent Celiac Disease,” Parents, August 2013
“A China Set That Held a Family’s Memories,” The Jewish Daily Forward, June 7, 2013
“Desert Passages,” St. Petersburg Times, August 21, 2005
“Going Like Sixty,” Chicken Soup for the Soul, 2004
“The Anatomy of Your Breasts,” For Women Only (Seaman & Null, 2000)
“My Day as a Volunteer,” New York Runner, Jan/Feb 2000
“Safe Sleep for Your Baby,” Interactive Parent Newsletter, www.GeoParent.com, January 2000
“Everest Challenge Marathon,” UltraRunning, March 1997
“Hair,” The Sun, March 1997
“Booking A Trip to Nepal,” The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 1996
“Running into Trouble,” FootNotes, Summer 1996
“Recognizing Mr. Right,” New Woman, January 1995
* “Marathon Woman,” The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 1994
“Himalayan Seder—Passover in Kathmandu,” Forward, March 25, 1994
“Is Your Love at Low Tide?” New Woman, August 1993
“Man Wanted? Take Out an Ad!” New Woman, January 1993
“Believe in Yourself,” New Woman, July 1992
“Days of Solitude,” New Woman, May 1992
“Running with the Thai,” Sawasdee (Thai Airway), March 1992
“The Healing Power of Forgiveness,” New Woman, October 1991
“Are Kids Growing Up Too Fast? Special Report,” Redbook, March 1990
“Freedom Revisited,” Newsday Magazine, March 25, 1990
“Italy Revisited,” The Pennsylvania Gazette, November 1989
“Off Montauk: Thar She Blows!”, New York Times Travel, June 4, 1989
“An Author’s Wish List for Editors,” Publishers Weekly, Sept 23, 1988
“Pampered Look at the Wild,” New York Times Travel, March 20, 1988
“One Mother’s Story”, Ladies’ Home Journal, April 1988
“Cameras Click, Rhinos Roam in Nepal Park,” New York Times Travel, Nov. 22, 1987
“Vancouver’s Seaside Towns, Rugged Wilds,” New York Times Travel, Sept. 20, 1987
“A Man’s Role in Breastfeeding,” American Baby, June 1987
“The Working Nursing Mother,” Working Woman, May 1987
“America’s Grandmother Fixation,” Ms., January 1987
“On the 6:10, a Drama in Two Acts,” New York Times, April 20, 1986
“Business Skills Improve Marriages,” Best of Business, Fall 1985
“The Sex Life of the Two-Career Couple,” Working Woman, August 1985
“Excuses! Excuses! What Yours Say about You,” Redbook, October 1984
“Hiring In-House Help,” Working Woman, November 1983
“Divorce: Who Tells the Kids? When? How?”, Self, November 1983
“How Strong Is Your Family Life?”, Woman’s Day, March 8, 1983
“Survival Tactics for Working Parents,” Working Woman, Oct. 26, 1982
* “‘Do You Want Your Mother to Die?’” McCall’s, January 1982
“Guilt: Modern Woman’s Old-Fashioned Burden,” Ladies’ Home Journal, July 1981
“Why Are Men Such Babies?”, Mademoiselle, May 1981
“Danger Zone: When Parents Fight Over Kids,” Ladies’ Home Journal, May 1981
“Jane Monell’s Gift to Working Mothers-to-Be,” Good Housekeeping, February 1981
“Trying to Accept the Suicide of a Brother,” New York Times, March 14, 1977
“The White Liberal Takes a Stand,” Community, December 1965

* Winner, ASJA Outstanding Article Award.