Positively MESMERIZING! Like a living, breathing "Blade Runner". Flew upstairs on Cathay Pacific. All day in the light. They have you pull down the shades to simulate nighttime, so you think you’ve gained a day, but it’s all a scam. Freaked me out at first, we weren’t flying over any water. When snow started appearing, […]

I have OCD. Otherwise known as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Oh, you know the sufferers. They’re the ones aligning the silverware at the table, the ones washing their hands, the ones living in fear that you will discover their condition, which they’re ashamed of. I spent numerous hours cleaning my records in the seventies. I thought it […]

We’re home. The plan was to stay in Mammoth until Wednesday, skiing tomorrow, April 22nd, my birthday. Alas, our plans were foiled. Oh, the mountain is open, it’s just that they’ve hit a skein of unseasonably cold weather. So, what was slush on Saturday, before we hit the slopes, has been rock solid ice since. […]

In a snowstorm in Deer Valley, my sister Jill invited us to her in-laws for Passover. My heart sank. That was the same day we were going to Mammoth. Should we delay our trip? But if we did so, we’d miss either a day of skiing or Amy’s reception of the Pacific Palisades Sparkplug Award. […]