I was never a cat person.  I like dogs, all dogs, with their tail-wagging, needy, love me, love me, personae.  (Can you use “personae” when you’re writing about animals?  Well, guess what – I just did.)  Now that I’ve declared myself and antagonized all the feline faithful out there, I’m going to qualify my first […] Read more…

  One of my least favorite things to learn in school was Geography. After reading this post by my mom, Harriet Posnak Lesser, I cannot understand why …  Melody Lesser Alluvia … I love you back. Atlas … It’s about time! Acid Rain … But the weather guy said clear. Beaches … Not to be […] Read more…

When Melody, my editor, asked me to do an article on fall fashions, I raced to the phone and called the hippest news service in New York, UFI, United Fashionistas International. Here’s how the conversation went: “I’m doing a story on style trends for 2015/16, can you connect me with The Source?” “Which one? The […] Read more…