Musings

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Out of the Mouths of Children 

Everyone else there was either a parent or a child, leaving me stranded in no-man’s-land

Musings

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Litvish, Heimish, All-the-Same-ish    

Say! What a lot of guys there are

Windows

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Esther Shemtov and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Date  

She made me go out with a blockhead, but she can’t make me marry him

Family Tempo

Tuesday, April 02, 2024

The Believer’s Guide to Getting Set Up 

I decided to chance the flight. What could go wrong?

Musings

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

If You Could Say No  

A Plea for Single People to Reclaim Their Agency

Windows

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Once Upon a Date      

An SUV plowed into the trunk with a crunch that seemed, at the same time, to shake my ivory tower to its foundations

Windows

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Ode to a Cheap Flowerpot

I may not have walked away with a ring, but at least I will have the flowerpot

Musings

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Rus Abraham

 I would not date her here or there. I would not date her anywhere