Are people merely “consumers” seeking to get the best deal from health “providers” based on market factors (and their satisfaction is important so they will keep being customers?) Or are they just people needing to heal?  Read More

It was a fall afternoon when Ron and his friend appeared with the acid and what the hell, we had nothing better to do. Read More

Don't you hate the state of late? Read More

There were songs for the sisters, the grandchildren, the in-laws, and the whole “cast”.  We thought they were pretty clever. Read More

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." – Albert Einstein Read More

They say you never forget how to ride—it is, after all, “just like riding a bicycle”. Read More

Sally gallantly offered that I could take the MG, but I wouldn’t consider it—far too untrustworthy to risk taking over the bridge. Read More

The downside of a house of mementoes is that it is hard to throw anything out.  I think the oldest thing I  have is something that eluded getting thrown out by several generations, but I don’t really know its story.  This is all I know. Read More

In the Before time, every evening the news god spoke. Read More

“You don’t look Chinese!” Read More