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Author Archives: Ellen Ross
The Answer is Sudbury. Part I
Happy Easter, everyone. It’s always a welcome reminder that Spring is finally here. I hope this season is a lovely one for you all. Now back to our show… I was watching Jeopardy recently when I happened to hear Alex … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Scale Model
Schadenfreude Alert: If you have weight issues, body dysmorphia, or just plain scale-phobia, please skip this one. I come from a thin family. My mother, father and brother are all thin. And I was a very picky eater as a … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Baby Boomer
Back in my elementary school days, December first was the cut-off for the grade. Anyone born after the first was held back and was placed in the grade that came after. My birthday falls on November fourteenth and that made me … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, pop culture
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“Now let me get this straight…”
When Sonny Bono was killed in a ski accident, his widow Mary graciously allowed his ex wife to give the eulogy. It had been Sonny, after all, who had turned the skinny, ugly caterpillar Cherilyn Sarkisian into the exotic, striking … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Separate Tables
Sure and begorrah today is St. Patrick’s Day. When she was twelve, Natasha and I took a mother-daughter trip to New York City for this holiday. Our carefully-laid-out plans were totally disrupted by the hordes of drunken revelers that had … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, pop culture
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Tahquitz Canyon and McCallum Way
Even though many of my friends vacationed in Palm Springs over Christmas, it’s my unshakeable opinion that the weather there doesn’t turn perfect until after what used-to–be-called the Bob Hope Desert Classic in January. Arnold Palmer won the very first … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Spoiler (sport) Alert
When it comes to literature I hate to be a hater. There are so many wonderful books and gifted authors out there that I think it’s much better to be a cheerleader. And why waste this space and your precious time … Continue reading
Posted in books, Memoir
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E. Here.
My maiden name is Roffe. As in “coffee.” You pronounce the final “e.” It’s not silent. We’ve been told that the name was corrupted from the Hebrew word that means “doctor.” I don’t really know. (Are there any Hebrew scholars … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Auto Erotica
Author’s Note: This post involves tons of luxury automobile name-dropping. If you suffer from car-envy, you’d better skip it. In 1976, after a whirlwind courtship, my then husband Bill marched me into Howard Orloff’s foreign car dealership, spread his arms … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Angel Face
In 1978 my then husband had a Mercedes-Benz he wanted to sell. It was a ’75 forest green 450SL in pristine condition and he knew he could get more for it in a private sale than in a trade-in. So … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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