I love having been born and raised in Oberlin. I’ve always loved being a small town girl, even with the inherent “everyone knows everyone else and tells everyone else everything” necessity that goes along with it. For me it started early. I began working at my aunt and uncle’s insurance agency, Sperry-Gorske, when I was 12. […]
A recent gift I received from Steve Johnson has me mesmerized. I had casually mentioned how much I missed Mike Royko columns and Steve, being Steve, remembered that and found a collection of Royko’s writings at the Oberlin Public Library Book Sale that he purchased and presented to me. I heartily thank both my friend Steve […]
I love baseball. I wish I had loved it earlier. Actually, I didn’t know I loved it until I moved to Philadelphia back in the seventies. Having grown up in the Cleveland area there was never much emphasis on baseball during the sixties. But in Philadelphia they piped audio from games over loudspeakers downtown. Strangers […]
Miss Witbeck, my third grade teacher really made a difference for me. She set up a little nook behind the piano in our room with a typewriter in it and called it “Patty’s Office.” When I would finish my work early I’d adjourn to my own little space where I would bang out stories, always […]
Arthur Laurents lived the dream. He lived it large and I am in awe of all that he had his hand in. He died in his sleep recently at age 93 having capped his career by directing “West Side Story” — for the second time. The first was in 1957 when that cutting edge musical, with […]
A rose is a rose, is a rose — or so they say. But not so with Debra Rose. She is ever so much more. Singer, actress, humanitarian, D.I.V.A Founder and now she’s a director. Debra’s theatrical career began in our very own Hall Auditorium during the summer of Alan Titus. How well I remember […]
It’s official. The fun is over. The Pontiac G-6 Hard Top Convertible is gone, replaced by a more “practical” vehicle. It’s the victim of lease arrangements and my advancing age, punctuated by changes in life style. Long ago I discovered the advantages of leasing. I love having a new car. With a lease, it’s a guarantee […]