Taking a Stab

Team Becky

The Halloween after our uncle’s wedding, my cousin Becky and I wore our flower girl dresses to go trick-or-treating.

Jun 28 • Judy Bolton-Fasman

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The Colors of the Rainbow

Last week’s prompt in my writing circle asked: What would we do with $20,000 besides pay bills?

Jun 12 • Judy Bolton-Fasman

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May 2026

Barbara Joy Fasman – 1935-2026

I am afraid of fire – particularly of candles that flicker and burn down in jelly glasses like the yahrtzeit candle we have lit for my mother-in-love…

May 25 • Judy Bolton-Fasman

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*Revisiting the Late Barney Frank’s Graphic Biography

For two decades, Eric Orner worked for Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank on and off as staff counsel and press secretary for the House Financial…

May 21 • Judy Bolton-Fasman

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Mother to Mother, Mother to Child – Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s Memoir, “When We See You Again”

Rachel Goldberg-Polin speaks intimately, mother to mother, and mother to child, in her new memoir, “When We See You Again.” The “you” of the title is…

May 8 • Judy Bolton-Fasman

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April 2026

Reading People as Books in the Human Library

America’s public libraries have consistently reinvented themselves.

Apr 28 • Judy Bolton-Fasman

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A Monster and A Genius: Roald Dahl as Portrayed in Giant

The fallout over a book review Roald Dahl wrote in 1983 for the Literary Review is the basis of the new Broadway show “Giant.” In the review, Dahl…

Apr 10 • Judy Bolton-Fasman

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March 2026

February 2026

The Mezuzah and the Reverend

Sharon Waters is my friend and teacher, and I am in awe of her chesed – her loving kindness.

Feb 23 • Judy Bolton-Fasman

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January 2026

December 2025