Mort Maimon

Performing rituals, particularly harmless and generally unimportant ones, has the power to assure us of life’s continuity. When we repeat...

We had a little ritual. Sometimes, when meetings got contentious, my colleague would lean over and whisper, “This is a thankless job!”...

Grandparenting provides an endless series of satisfying experiences exceeding anything I could have anticipated. I scrum around with a...

My wife’s retirement has confirmed what my high school science teachers taught me, that nature really does abhor a vacuum. This...

As a kid, I stopped in at my grandparents’ house at 704 Pine St. about twice a month. Besides the pleasant family re-connection, there...

Lately, when I awaken briefly in the middle of the night, it’s become common to find myself in “whatever happened to?” land. Names that...

Gripped by Covid overload, what the disease has revealed about our society is the last thing I want to write about. But sometimes the...

Watching the Phillies on TV the other night, I focused on a close-up that demanded my attention. A dad (or some insensitive version of...

Even though we completed our move to Philadelphia a year ago, I’m still coming across relics from different times and different places....

I marvel sometimes about how fragments of the past suddenly re-appear after years of being ignored by their negligent guardian, me. In...

Her reaction surprised me. She looked at me doubtfully, eyes narrowed, but then, a tentative smile began to lighten her face. “Me?” she...

In this ever-competitive country, everything must be ordered and evaluated––even our retirement plans. Today in Inside Higher Ed, I...

BEFORE––Tomorrow, I’m going to take care of one more complication that stems from moving. In case you’re worried, I’m in no danger of...

Mort and Elaine enjoy Philly’s great restaurants with friend Barbara Nodine. Mort’s Mother’s Day Poem, May 9, 2021 --For the Belle, now...

Our grand-daughter, 21-month-old Della Maimon, observes the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Innovative energy has generally been a...

I suddenly looked up from the article I’d been reading and half-shouted, “Damn! That’s it!” “What’s it?” inquired my startled wife...

Our twin grandkids, Della and Marcus Maimon, at 22-months old are already sculpture aficionados. Here they are visiting Grounds for...

After I graduated from a prestigious academic high school, I knew one thing for certain. Never in the future would I write anything...

Years ago, I became a compulsive swimmer because I couldn’t escape the recollection of being called, in the parlance of those times, a...

During the pandemic, Elaine and I have taken advantage of one of the few positive results of sequestration. Being confined, we often...