Suprise Me

“You don’t look Chinese!” Read More

Days later, I discovered a note and her card, tucked farther back in the book I'd been reading. Read More

Covid 19 is the worst imaginable lemon, with no sign that it will ever be gone. The glass of lemonade is Zoom. Read More

Is it really the ride boards that I miss most from the era that preceded our high-tech world? Is it the different channels that existed for making human connections?  Is it the seemingly greater opportunities for adventure, even for risk-taking? Read More

I don’t keep much. Yes, stuff clutters my life but not from way back. Family things went into diaspora after my father died. My mother wisely refused to become the widow Degelman in our little New England town. She sold the house and left for New York University to begin a new life. My personal… Read More

Does time just really stop, or is our definition of time just really wrong? Read More

I liked the old fisherman from the beginning.  He sits comfortably on a body-contoured stump, exuding patience and serenity, lightly holding his fishing pole.  His jug is alongside (maybe for fish storage, maybe for refreshment). He wears leather strapped sandals, a broad sun hat, and a flowing green and blue robe.  His white beard and hair suggest the wisdom of age. He is contemplative, certainly in no hurry.  He may be surprised that his serenity has been interrupted by the arrival of the fish.  Read More

To the extent that “comic relief” need not cause one to snot in laughter, need not require a banana peel to go ass over teakettle on... Read More

I am lucky to live in Newton, which is a very progressive city of about 200,000 people. They have good schools and services. They began a curbside recycling program of newsprint in 1971, just a year after the first Earth Day, followed in 1975 by adding glass and cans to their bi-monthly curbside pick-ups. That… Read More

My whole world lies waiting Read More