April 10, 2016
I like to cook. I learned much of what I know about cooking when I was a teenager, cooking for a family of 9 people. In those days, before the days when parents lost control and the kids took over… Continue Reading…
April 10, 2016
After a partially restorative respite at Casa LuMarFin, my sweetheart and I have returned home to more fully recover from the physical ailments which short circuited our plans for this weekend. It is always with some reluctance that we leave… Continue Reading…
April 10, 2016
It’s almost 9:00 pm. The home of my daughter and her family is mostly quiet. I can hear the dryer running in the laundry room with the regular clank of buttons or zippers against the revolving drum. I can hear… Continue Reading…
April 10, 2016
In some respects the living of one’s life can be described as walking through a long succession of moments, one right after another; each one related to the one before and after it and, therefore, related to the whole. Most… Continue Reading…
March 31, 2016
There is no limit, it seems, to the mouth frothing pursuit of the media toward the destruction of Donald Trump’s race for the presidency. Regardless of whether you like Mr. Trump or not, it is so obvious. It’s nothing new,… Continue Reading…
March 30, 2016
Just to let you know, in case you were hanging in suspense, it worked and I didn’t drown! I wanted to record it but I forgot to press the record button. Water squirted up one nostril and grey-green slimy cords… Continue Reading…
March 30, 2016
Before tonight I had no idea what a neti pot was. I don’t know who Neti is, but I’m about to give her an opportunity to drown me. More accurately, I suppose, I’m going to do the deed with an… Continue Reading…
September 26, 2014
Dear Friends, Fall has arrived here in Iowa and the leaves are beginning to turn colors. It is a gradual process which, over a period of weeks, will paint the landscape with what is in some cases, breathtaking beauty. The… Continue Reading…
September 25, 2014
Church Flies I had breakfast this morning in the cafeteria of the local grocery store. It was not a pleasant time due to the large number of flies that seemed to be competing for bragging rights over which one could get… Continue Reading…