Suprise Me

My mother started making hats right around the time I became a teenager. This was not coincidental, I believe. It was a good time for her  to find something to do. Not the happiest of stay-at-home mothers in the 1960s, she desperately needed an outlet. First she helped form a singing group of PTA mothers.… Read More

He must have noticed that the word “kidnapping” shocked us. He took the time to give us the word-for-word definition from the California Criminal Code: “Moving another person a substantial distance, without the person's consent, by means of force or fear.” Read More

When I first saw this Retro prompt, a David Sedaris essay* came to mind. Here, Sedaris laments the lack of worthwhile accessories for men. “[Accessories” for men aren’t nearly as interesting as women’s,” he writes. “I have no use for cuff links or suspenders, and while I’ll occasionally pick up a new tie, it hardly… Read More

While at first I didn't relish the extra burden, the experience turned out to be a gift. Read More

I was never a lover of Ed Sullivan (except for the famous Beatles performance) or Carol Burnett, but boy did I enjoy Rowan and Martin and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Read More

At some point, almost everyone experiences leaving home. Read More

To say that baseball in the former Eastern bloc is developing would be a compliment. Read More

One can either greet the dawn or dread it. Read More

My grandfather died when I was a kid, but he gave me a love for the game. Read More

. . . a violent current of events, glimpsed once and already gone past. — Marcus Aurelius Read More