An auspicious day

And there it is: my first real earthquake in California. A 5.6, 9 miles from me. I’m shaking like a leaf. My house shook like a truck hit it. It was far scarier than I had expected it to be. I should write more  [more...]

Did you ever have a moment when you thought to yourself, “am I really that stupid?”Imagine this: the phone rings. You’re sitting on the couch, the phone is on the kitchen table. What should be a simple  [more...]

It’s interesting, isn’t it, how Bob Hope (who turns 100 today) came to be associated so firmly with the song “Thanks for the Memory” – and in turn, the song took on a meaning unlike it had  [more...]