Big error:  I hadn’t actually checked the recipe before the day of the meal. Read More

But in 1961 our family was headed for East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) for a two-year stint and I was now eleven-going-on-twelve.  For me, it was an escape into the unknown, a reprieve from the prospect of junior high, and I was certain that all my frames of reference would shift. Read More

The house looked sort of lived-in, and we loved it, eclectic and thrown-together though it was. Read More

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