Flatlander in Vermont

Published in The Bridge, Montpelier, VT, January 21, 2010 -

Technically, I suppose, I am a flat lander.  I’m pretty sure it doesn’t count that I have lived most of my adult life – since graduating from the decidedly flat lands of a New York City university – in the mountains.  Huge, towering, snow capped all [continued...]

I, Trapper

First published in The Jerusalem Post, Israel, November 27, 2007

I was raised a nice Jewish girl in central Massachusetts. We were Reform Jews and only went to temple on special occasions, like bar mitzvas and weddings. We even had Christmas stockings during my mother’s hippy- feminist-experimental phase. We ate bacon. I did go to Hebrew [continued...]