A few days ago I had dinner with four friends of mine. Although our gathering was originally slated as nothing more than grabbing something to eat before attending the theater, we had a woman in our midst celebrating her 75th birthday. Since I’m always up for a party,...
I was taking a car trip with some good friends of mine last week when I mentioned that lately I had been experiencing a high degree of unaccustomed serenity. “I don’t know how to behave,” I told them. “What will I do without my two faithful side-kicks, Chaos and...
Maybe I should amend that title. For the last xix weeks I’ve had no covert sugar. As in no cookies, no candy, no cake, no pie, no donuts or other bakery goods, and none of my beloved nemesis: Ice cream! In other words, traditional dessert items are no longer on my...
I live at the corner of Columbia and Pacific. That’s the river and the ocean. The very end of the trail for the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery. A place rich in history, and as fresh as a spring rain. Or a summer rain. Or a fall rain. Or… Well, you get the picture....
Some relationships are doomed right from the get-go. There’s simply not enough common ground on which to build even the most tentative of foundations. (see previous entry) Yet strangely enough, there are those people who want to try to buck the odds and “make it...
