Beware the Ides of April

When I “sketched out” tentative blog topics for this month, I had no idea what a life-changing event the Universe was about to throw at me. I guess we never do. So instead of writing about filing taxes today, I’m writing again about death. Death and taxes: the only...

“When I’m 64…”

If you’re a Beatles fan, and maybe even if you’re not, when you read that title you immediately started humming right along. (Admit it: You hummed because you didn’t know all the words, didn’t you?) Since Rick died, I’ve just been “going through the motions.” It’s...

Roots

The only “good” thing that came out of Mom’s death two years ago was that I managed to re-establish a tenuous reconnection with my father after an absence of several decades. It wasn’t Mom who kept me from making efforts to stay in touch with Dad. Not at all. It’s a...

Who was the on-call M.E.?

Yeah, if I truly believed in hell, which I occasionally think I might, then that’s where I’m probably headed for posting my title question today. Today is “Good Friday,” the day the man named Jesus allegedly died on the cross 2,000 years ago, sandwiched conveniently...