There’s a gnome who travels the maze of hallways beneath the main floor of the Kennedy Center. He may be carrying the dance belt Mikhail...

My Boston Terrier Elwood frequently visits my lap, sometimes for a better view of his surroundings and sometimes to nestle in. As with...

The makeup room at the Kennedy Center Opera is bustling. We’ve got a big show tonight, with a full chorus and lots of supers. We’re...

Along about the time of the brownie debacle, I was contacted by a friend of my mother’s, Jean, who worked at the Kennedy Center in...

Many apologies for being out of touch. I've had technology problems that have prevented me from posting regularly but I hope to be back...

During a recent thunderstorm, I had a memory from the past. I was in the bathroom of my old gym, reapplying some makeup after my...

Shirley is standing in the hallway in her sleeveless pink, knee-length nightgown. Her thin arms and legs look particularly spindly. She...

It’s hot in the cabin. I can’t remember if there was any air conditioning, but I suspect not. The cabin is circa – well, I’m not sure,...

The family is sitting around Mom’s dining room table in Cabin John one June, finishing up dessert. We’re talking about the cabin Tyler...

About the time I was dodging Dave S. in the hallways of A.G.A., my parents asked me to come house sit with their three Pekingese at their...

When I’d been at A.G.A. about three years, along came a new senior vice president of Communications, Dave S. On the surface, Dave was a...

There are many men at A.G.A. who are near retirement. One such fellow hovers like a vulture each month for the new edition of the A.G.A....

Over the years, I've noticed a number of different approaches to applying lipstick among my family members. My grandmother Ruth had an...

While working for the American Gas Association as editor of their non-award-winning magazine, I was sent on several business trips, each...

In 1975, I started working as an editorial assistant for the American Gas Association in Rosslyn, Virginia. The association represented...

Forgiveness is a hard reckoning. It requires an honest examination of the sins against you, their long-term impact, and the other party’s...

I’m working at my first job as an editor at a natural gas association in Rosslyn in Arlington when I realize Dad’s office at the Agency...

Eddie comes home from India at the end of the summer of 1966. Like the others, he stops in European capitals along the way. He has a...

Nothing says summer better than the Good Humor ice cream truck. You can hear it coming from a few blocks away. It rolls right down 78th...

About 25 years ago, Perry and I were having dinner in a bistro in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. A couple was sitting at the next table....