Suprise Me

And then, I realized that a lens had fallen out.  Jeez.  While I was riding on the back of an open truck traveling at 65 miles an hour. Read More

I like hats. Hats can provide protection, inspire intrigue, and serve as typical or atypical representations of a hat wearer’s persona. I don’t often wear hats. I don’t think I look good in most hats, and I never know where to put them down when I’m not in the immediate need of a hat. Today,… Read More

It’s one of those (hopefully!) once-in-a-lifetime moments where you remember where you were and what you were doing when something happened. Read More

“You say you want a revolution...we all want to change the world,” sing the Beatles. Read More

But here we were, far from  home, fresh, excited and full of expectations.  Even the toilet paper was an adventure as we filed into our first English restroom. “Government Property” was printed on its waxy finish Read More

I awoke with a familiar mixture of covid emotions, sadness and gratitude... Read More

Ferdinand “Once upon a time in Spain there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand.” So begins one of the most cherished children’s books of our time,  and my own childhood favorite.  The Story of Ferdinand,  written by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson,   was published in 1936 while across the… Read More

I just KNEW that the idea would have pleased her no end Read More

One of the best baby shower presents I received when my first child was born was Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children. Read More

I'd run, trying frantically to find a place to hide, while it implacably followed me, laughing. Read More