Trying to Outsmart the Weather
This record-setting blizzard we just had reminded me. Back in the 1950s, when I was working professionally as a meteorologist, we didn’t have computers, satellites, or any of the incredible tools that forecasters rely on today. What we had instead were surface maps, upper-air charts, a good deal of training, and experience. If I’m being […]
The Fear of AI
Back when I worked for IBM in 1959, the mainframe in use was the new IBM 704. To give you some perspective, the 704 was in a gymnasium sized store front on the corner of 59th street and Madison Avenue. The console amused passers-by in the huge picture window with its multi-colored blinking lights. In […]
Music to My Ears
This past September I thought to myself, I should be making a plan for a family get away. The last time I wrote about such a get away several Four Seasons of Great Notch residents approached me and said I was nuts. I was told “at this stage of the game, THEY should be taking […]
February 2026 – BergenPAC Event Calendar
January was a pretty quiet month at Bergen PAC in Englewood NJ, but things are looking up! We do not know what exactly the Red X means next to a scheduled performance. so check with the box Office to be sure. 1 (800) 513-7540 or 1 (201) 227-1030.
Alan’s Banana Bread Recipe
We are not a family with recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation, well until now. We, my husband and I, have two recipes that our whole extended family loves. I am going to share one of them with you today. This recipe for banana bread is easy, foolproof and delicious. I […]