Suprise Me

Twenty-eight years ago this week, danger came in the form of domestic terrorists striking Oklahoma City. Read More

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Karen, seeking a new life, had fled from her family and friends to Kyoto, Japan.  She fell into equally bad relationships in the expat community. I have tried to explain her process of separating from me.  She joined a potter’s commune on the island of Shikoku where she eventuality became a renowned potter. One day,… Read More

She was bereft at the thought that we wouldn’t write weekly. We were a close-knit group and loved reading and commenting on each other’s stories. We had become long-distance friends and in one case, even met and spent a lovely day together. But when Suzy reached out, I told her I needed some time off.… Read More

If I were struck dead right now, how many years would the insurance buy for Beth and the kids? Read More

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

   W.P. Kinsella died last fall. For those who don’t know, wrote the book, “Shoeless Joe” upon which the movie, “Field of Dreams” was based. He also wrote, “The Iowa Baseball Confederacy” (along with a slew of other novels and sort stories). Both those books I read on recommendation from my father (who is gone… Read More

Accessories? I have never been into purses or shoes or hats or scarves. I have bought all those things, of course, but only as needed, not in a collecting kind of way. However, in junior high school, I wore bows in my hair almost every day. My coiffure may not have been the angel hair… Read More

The Puppy Farm I’ve written before about my wonderful childhood puppy  (See Fluffy, or How I Got My Dog and Fluffy and the Alligator Shoes)  but sadly there is more to tell. I’m sure today’s child rearing gurus would advise you to tell your kids the truth no matter how painful,  but I suspect my folks… Read More

On March 10, 2008, I had my annual mammogram. Never a pleasant experience, but tolerable, and I dutifully went every year without giving it much thought. That year was different. A few days afterwards the imaging center called me and said they wanted to do another mammogram of my right breast, so on March 20… Read More