im under 10 living in Miami.  visiting younger cousins who live in central Maine.  I have never ridden a bike. despite their ages, they consistently make me take risks as hey laugh their stupid heads off!! I’m at the top of a smallish hill.  im on a bike headed down.  they hold onto the bike… Read More

In the late 1960’s, I was asked to appear in front of my local Miami (Florida) Draft Board. The Board wanted me to defend my application to become a conscientious objector.  They were especially interested in quotes I used in my application.  The quotes were from Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller.  This novel had… Read More

She never said much directly but she exemplified values that I carry with me.  She was a single parent in the early 1950’s.  She was a working mother when no other mothers (I knew) worked outside the house.  No car?  Take buses when they were segregated and we were the only white people on board.… Read More

Got one of those Weber grills.  Very excited to immediately use but of course I need the instructions.  But the instructions have no words–just a bunch of pictures with numbers and arrows.  I cannot translate those arrows and numbers into actual assembly.  But, fortunately, I am the parent of two young women one of whom… Read More

BRUCE AND THE E STREET BAND  PLAYING, AT FULL VOLUME, BORN TO RUN.   the power of the words, the skill of the band, and a quiet anger–taken together, they lift me up Read More