Which is more of a sign of permanence: the lease that I signed on this house, or the four tropical plants I just planted in pots on my patio?

Which is more of a sign of permanence: the lease that I signed on this house, or the four tropical plants I just planted in pots on my patio?

I can’t summon the words to describe the Holocaust. I have certainly never experienced such an atrocity in my lifetime, but it should be remembered that genocide is still taking place on this planet, at this very [more...]
I’ve been worrying about Christmas ever since this summer, when — a month or so after the heart attack — I was informed that I had a dangerous blood clot in my leg that precluded flying cross-country [more...]
The honeymoon is over I’m lonely. I’m bored and lonely. Well, I was bored and lonely back home, but in a place where I had been all my life, knew people, knew places, etc. But now… I’ve kind of [more...]