This evening, for the second time in the last few days, I was listening to music and was suddenly jolted by an awareness of the passage of time. After my wife and I finished dinner, I was hand-picking a few favorite tunes, one of which was “Blue Sky” by The Allman Bros. The song still …
One of the things I enjoy about watching old movies is seeing how far our world has advanced since the time of the movie’s release. Last night, while scrolling through the channel guide, I ran across a perfect example of this. The film was “A Raisin In The Sun”. This was a 1961 release based …
It is, perhaps, a more emotional trip to see a Christmas tree come down than it is to see it go up. I love putting our tree up, especially when we do it together. Right now, though, I’m watching my amazing wife take it down and pack it all up. The love, care, and affectionate …
I have been a parent now for over thirty four years. When I first became one, I was somewhat overwhelmed by the whole experience. I was barely housebroken myself, and the notion of being responsible for feeding and cleaning a child was dizzying, not to mention the duty to turn this little person into a …
It has been at least a few years since the last time my friend John and I sat down together to have one of our great conversations, but I still feel the psychic, extra-sensory connection we have shared for well more than five decades. We first came to know each other back in elementary school …
Today is Saturday, which means, of course, that tomorrow is Sunday. These days mean much more to me than just being the weekend. Saturdays and Sundays usually start with Coffee Time with my daughter, Sara. Coffee Time is the evolution of Snuggle Time. Snuggle Time began many years ago when Sara was very little. Back …
After a few days of what I will euphemistically call an intestinal inconvenience, as well as a deluge of thoughts ranging from naggingly worrisome to sublimely creative, I have concluded that humans have two digestive tracts. Of course, there is the one in the gut, and there is another one in the brain. I call …
Emma Gonzalez brought me to tears today. She took the stage and held the attention of the crowd and the camera for six minutes and twenty seconds. Emma, for those of you who might not know, is a student from Parkland, Florida, and a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. …
Maybe for some, it is easy to dismiss Jon Stewart as just being a comedian. Maybe some people feel that his former gig as the host of a late-night cable talk show renders Stewart irrelevant. Maybe some even think that his profanity-spattered monologues warrant shunning him as crass or inappropriate. Those people just don’t get …
When our daughter Sara was little, she would often watch as my wife prepared so many cakes for the customers of her small cake business. Sara saw the batter being mixed and the frosting being made and she often wanted to taste the sweet treats. My wife would usually indulge her with a little sample. …
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