by Shelly Reuben on March 2nd

In 1729, forty-seven years before the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, Jonathan Swift – the same Swift who ..

by Shelly Reuben on February 2nd

I want to invite you to a picnic. It will take place on a cliff overlooking an ocean so ..

by Shelly Reuben on January 5th

I want to tell you about my friend Jackie. For a long time, she has been a steadfast colleague. ..

by Shelly Reuben on December 29th

As kids, Danny and I used to place bets on when Ada’s hairpiece would fall off. At dinner, it ..

by Shelly Reuben on December 29th

Editor's Note: This is continued from The Avon Lady, also published in today's online edition. This should explain why, when ..

by Shelly Reuben on October 6th

Adapted from an earlier version of this column published in 2007 I had a tremendous advantage when I was growing up. ..

by Shelly Reuben on September 1st

Ideas breed like bunnies, and There really are a lot From which to pick as I prepare An outline for my plot: A big ..

by Shelly Reuben on August 4th

So there we were. Four friends: Margaret, twenty-one; her sister Justine, twenty-five; and their mother Pegeen, eternally young ..

by Shelly Reuben on July 7th

He was a short, slight man in his mid-fifties with a pleasant face and thinning hair. His last name ..

by Shelly Reuben on May 27th

This is one of my favorite columns, and I am re-publishing it today in honor of our veterans. Because I live ..