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"I recently wrote about eating out, describing the 'eateries' I patronized with my mother, and with my first dates, and in high school and college: candy stores, delicatessens, luncheonettes, cafeterias and restaurants."

"Those of us who are 'children of the depression', when we heard the expression 'eating out', assumed it meant taking a sandwich somewhere."

"I am 88 years old. My mother died at 62."

"I always liked getting a haircut."

"Whenever I begin to write a new piece, my tendency is to do it chronologically." (Fragment)

"I have always been crazy for chocolate."

"Having mentioned ROL (Reading Out Loud) so often, I decided to try to describe its origin, and how it evolved over the years. ROL is very important to me."
Revised and expanded draft of "The ROL" (2014)

"My non-ROL friends and my children have heard me mention ROL so often, I have decided to try to describe its origin, and how it has developed over the years."

"Fox Street was like a lot of other streets in the Bronx."

"The term 'my best friend' gets thrown around a lot."