claudia's surf city

 It's like deja vu all over again. Anyone who was in elementary school in the 1950s remembers cowering under their desks waiting for the...

"Family Update" is Camilla's title for her short film. 

  Happy birthday Fanita, you never get old Just prettier and wiser and a good bit more bold And better at board games ...

These people are deeply into their holidays. There are people like this all over the country—I can think of a house or two in Missouri and o...

 Yes, it's an endless round, especially when I plan to leave town soon. First came (from right) photog Annie O'Neill with her twin P...

  I was getting my mail from the lobby. A neighbor saw me and sighed, "Bills."  "No,"I said. "All I get is love let...

   I find it fairly amusing that in the past idle winter hours I have been toggling between Tinder and solitaire. Tinder, as you may know, i...

I guess I felt bad about doubling the rent (to $10,000/wk), because I promised linens would be included at Hannah's Hideaway in beautifu...

 So I mostly don't post this shit up because it's too boring. But anyway. I go to physical therapy twice a week. For how much longer...

  So we went down to Dumbo, which means Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. I think the last time I was here was in the 1970s when Deb...

Eva and I are almost exactly 50 years apart in age, but I have learned that I have much in common with  an almost 21-year-old. We both sleep...

 Well, I can fly, if I could fly. Actually I need ti wait a bit longer for blood clots, but no worries when I set off the alarm! The surgeon...

Pan and Johnny took these pictures around my house. Brrrr wah! as Johnny would say. It howled about 70 mph (gusts), but we're used to th...

  Dire warnings about high tides and deep snow on Block Island here . However, we have heard these before, and sometimes these events happen...

Well, maybe Hope and Barbara are not old farts, but we are all old enough to remember the days of paid journalism. Hope told us that at Peop...

Keeping you somewhat up to date, my niece Eva is staying here in NYC with me while interning with Donna. I continbue on the PT road without ...

  It's been a long road. Douglas and I were married 44 years ago, in 1978. He was born in '44, and now he is 78. We were once very y...

  There are so many Randys in Thomasville it should be called Randyville. But for me, there was only one. My Randy was th...

Snow days aren't like they used to be when school was in person. Milla and Isaac have been on virtual school for two days now. And it sn...

  Aaand, two people who attended have tested positive for Covid. Mind you, people were vaxed, masked, tested, outdoors and careful. But.   T...