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Author Archives: Ellen Ross
Extra Credit
My son Nick’s snowboard trail to a college diploma was a winding one. He started off at Colorado Mountain College at Steamboat Springs with a K2 Eldorado snowboard and the best of intentions. He had chosen this school based … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Nothing Happened
Author’s Note: The following story is true. Some of the names have been changed. No slur or mean inference was ever meant to be cast on any person, place or profession. (And don’t ask me who “he” is. “He” could … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Tattoo You
Author’s Note: Hanukkah is upon us and I think it only fitting to mention that my son Nick doesn’t have a prayer of being buried in a Jewish cemetery. Paging Larry David… Every year when flu seasons rolls around, I … Continue reading
Posted in pop culture
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Prize Day
Stop the presses! For the first time in Letter From Elba history, I am benching a post! I am sending in a substitute. The post that was supposed to run here today is entitled “Tattoo You” and it’s fun. But … Continue reading
Posted in Tributes
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Rite of Passage
The summer of ’65 my mother got tired of combing the corn fields, empty lots and weedy playgrounds of Wilmette, Illinois night after night. She was looking for my eleven year old brother who never met a pick-up baseball game … Continue reading
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Abraham, Steven and Dan
Just the other day, I saw Lincoln. No, not the movie- the man. All kidding aside, I can truly say that when I emerged from the theater, I felt that I had just spent two hours with the world’s most … Continue reading
Posted in pop culture
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Big Deal on Prytania Street
In the early seventies, I received a full academic scholarship to H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, the coordinate women’s school of Tulane University in New Orleans. It was founded in 1886 by Josephine Newcomb in memory of her daughter and … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
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Starry Night
As this post happens to fall on Thanksgiving, let me take the opportunity to wish you- my dear friends and readers- the happiest and healthiest of holidays. I am so thankful for your generous support of this endeavor. It’s so … Continue reading
Posted in pop culture
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Her Honor
Cher. Diana. Fergie. Madonna. There are women who are instantly recognizable by one name only. I want to add another to the list: Lili Ann. (Okay, technically that’s two names, but I vaguely recall her telling me that it was … Continue reading
Posted in Tributes
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Tell-All
Recently Kirstie Alley’s new memoir has been a topic for discussion from The View to The Talk. (Essentially the same program. The Talk is just a raunchier, down-market caricature of The View that former child actress-turned talk show hostess Sara … Continue reading
Posted in pop culture
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