PinnedTHE PERILS AND PLEASURES OF ADULTERYEven swans, we learn to our dismay, those lovely creatures we always assumed were paragons of fidelity, even they yearn for a fling from…Jan 16, 2018Jan 16, 2018
The Fourth of July, 1946Today is the Fourth of July; the year is 2022 and I’m watching the celebration on TV. Seventy-six years ago, in Florence, Italy, when I was…Jul 26, 2022Jul 26, 2022
AN OCTOGENARIAN CONFRONTS THE OCEANWhen I was a child, we lived with the Mediterranean sea at our shoulders and not a day went by that we didn’t see it, or take a walk on the…Oct 2, 2021Oct 2, 2021
DAMN, IT’S POSITIVELY INCONVENIENT TO DIE WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT’S SO INTRIGUING.Sometimes I really resent the fact that I have to die. It’s true we all have to die eventually, but that doesn’t make it any better, right…Sep 12, 20211Sep 12, 20211
9.11.11I watched on television the program showing the trees being prepared for transport to the 9/11 memorial park; “Each tree has its own little…Sep 12, 2021Sep 12, 2021
ONE’S NOT ENOUGHIt seems we may live in a multiverse. It’s not bad enough we live in a universe that’s an enigma to most of us, now physicists in the know…Sep 12, 2021Sep 12, 2021
BIRDS OF A FEATHERA couple of evenings ago I was watching a program on TV about birds and their nesting behavior. I don’t recollect what kinds of birds they…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017
DYING…WHAT’S IT LIKE TO DIE?How the hell do I know? I haven’t died yet. An old lady, just 94 last week, made that comment to me a few days ago. I say she made a…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017
SOMETIMES I MISS GODI’m a little squeamish about letting this one hang out, but what the hell, at my age it’s no big deal to admit one’s weaknesses, we need…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017
