Mid-Century Modern

When I was a young girl and my dad managed Pearl Bailey, the musical performer and movie actress, I said that with pride, although I had no idea what it meant. He was her attorney, for sure, but he was also her personal manager, her mentor, her guide and her friend. He spent a great deal of time propelling…

To a child, New York in the forties seemed safe. It probably wasn’t, but we never knew it.

Loneliness and Gaming: A Complex Relationship

We are in the middle of a global epidemic of loneliness. As far back as ten years ago the World Health…

I began working during the Mad Men era, and because I am still working, I’ve seen a lot of changes in America between the 1940s, the earliest time I really remember, and the present.