It occurs to me that this title could sound a little edgy on Thanksgiving Day, when a breezier gratitude theme…

Getting sick last week totally messed up my rhythm and drive. I’d chosen my title two weeks ago when I…

One of our cats, Danny, is a real piece of work. I expect that he always will be wild and…

I was at the optometrist’s office the other day, having a routine exam. I asked the doctor about my “floaters,”…

We are all here on Earth to help others; what on Earth the others are here for, I don’t know.…

I came across a couple of cartoons this week, from Asher Perlman, who cracks me up. There’s some deep wisdom…

Travis and I just returned from an 8-night cruise down the Pacific coast, from Vancouver to Los Angeles. It was…

Every now and then I think you might like to hear something from me nice and easy. But there’s just…

Recently, I read a review of an exhibition currently on at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The…

Earlier this week, Travis and I were grumbling about something annoying, and he said, “If we can put a man…

We just watched a beautiful documentary series on HBO, The Last Movie Stars, about the life, careers, and marriage of…

When we describe something as “full of holes,” that means it seems unsound. Like an argument that can’t stand up…