I was born in Brooklyn and grew up there. I have studied Aesthetic Realism since 1965, 13 of these years with its founder, Eli Siegel, and now with Ellen Reiss, Class Chairman.

As a consultant with my colleagues in the traveling trio, The Three Representatives, I have given consultations and seminars in people’s homes in the tri-state area. Seminars include:

“What Does One Member of a Family Owe Another?,” discussing Samuel Butler’s The Way of All Flesh;

“What People East, West, North, South Are Looking For,” looking at Helen Keller’s The Story of My Life;

“What is the Hope and Fear in New Yorkers and Others?,” Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street;

“Why Is Family Life Often Unhappy?,” a consideration of Arnold Bennett’s The Old Wives’ Tale.

I have given two papers on art: on Peter Paul Rubens’s painting “The Descent from the Cross” and a portrait of his wife, Helen Fourment.

I love film and as part of my study of what makes a film beautiful, I have written on “It Happened One Night,” “The Best Years of Our Lives,” “The Godfather,” and “The Exorcist.”

I am an executive assistant in a major American corporation. I have been married to John Stern, Aesthetic Realism consultant and historian, since 1970. One of the things we love to do is explore New York, other cities—to see the relation of sameness and difference among neighborhoods; how old and new are shown by buildings built, say, in 1800, 1900, and yesterday; to find surprising architectural details on a single structure; to see the drama of hardness and softness in landscapes; and be affected by the feelings of people of the past and living now.

Our letters and articles on the economy, health care, the attack on the World Trade Center, and more have been printed by newspapers in many states.