Suprise Me

Roussel was tall, elegant, very perceptive and demanding, but always kind and encouraging.  Read More

Through the bus window, through my own reflected image, the solitary lights in the rural landscape were comforting. And exciting. Tomorrow was Election Day, and each light represented at least one potential vote.  That was an astonishing notion, which I had never before focused on — the collective power of democracy, and it made you… Read More

She rings up the order. She is not wearing a mask. I am not wearing a mask. Read More

'Nuff said. Read More

In the summer of 1978, I took a group of students to Taiwan for a work-study trip.  Among them was an older female ROTC grad with the officer’s rank of Second Lieutenant.  With me posing as her husband, we entered the American Military”s Officers Club. A hub for the social and political elite, its members… Read More

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For the first and only time, I saw humans flying, literally levitating around the room, so graceful that their bare feet never made a sound when they landed. Read More

This was in late 1972, when recycling of glass had just become a thing, and we wanted to do our part. Read More

The world's best clam chowder Read More

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