Suprise Me

He paused, looking like a person who was calculating an age difference or trying to recall the age of consent. Read More

I was raised by a proud FDR Democrat, so it was only natural that I would become a liberal Democrat myself. Even at a young age, before I entirely understood politics, I was a Kennedy fan and supporter. (The title was his campaign slogan.) In elementary school, we came home for lunch. I remember watching… Read More

Genuine, hopeful retreat is possible. Read More

The demise of the family dinner is definitely a loss. Read More

I walked around the house looking for antiques. We have a few, but I don't own any of them. However the house is older than I am. Read More

I felt uncomfortable packing the book and uncomfortable leaving it behind. Read More

The Cafe Recently at a neighborhood cafe I saw an attractive older couple deep in conversation,  their hands touching on the table.  (See West Side Story)    Both wore wedding rings,  but their body language told me they weren’t married to each other.  I’ll never know their backstory so I imaged this one for them.… Read More

When I saw the original classic Disney cartoon (1950) of Cinderella as a child, I totally bought into her song of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes." Read More

By the time I got back to sunny California I was dressed like someone who was colorblind and had been given a gift certificate to a goodwill clothing store that was going out of business. Read More

Recycling is not really the best solution to resource conservation, re-using is even better.  Doing with less “stuff” is even better than re-using. Read More