Monthly Archives: April 2014

I’m generally a fairly optimistic person, basking in the glow of what I believe is the goodness of most other people and the customary beauty of the world around me. Because I tend to focus on the brighter side of … Continue reading →

Most people have seen work by the Spanish, Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali, whose dreamlike depictions are hauntingly realistic in terms of the physical world but seem to contradict that same reality through visual oxymorons. Perhaps his most famous painting is the one … Continue reading →

My second winter at my Pompano Beach condo in Florida has been even more enjoyable than the first, though soon my dog and I will return to Colorado for the summer. I continue to enjoy watching (with binoculars) the golfers … Continue reading →

Every once in a while I can feel myself aging, not just by looking in the mirror to see more silver hair, but also because I feel a lag in my attempts to keep up, even remotely, with technology and … Continue reading →

Since last December the IRS has been tormenting me about my federal income taxes for 2011 over my claiming the mortgage interest deduction for the house in Colorado. I spent a morning at H&R Block here in Florida, and more than five hours … Continue reading →

The other night I watched an old episode of The Andy Griffith Show, which was first aired January 14, 1963. Fans of the series voted that particular episode their favorite, and for good reason. It’s a story about redemption and … Continue reading →

Along with much of the rest of the country, and perhaps the world, I have been thinking this past week about the apparently senseless stabbings at Franklin High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. This outburst of mindless violence is certainly nothing … Continue reading →

I suppose this may turn into some kind of confession, but it would be seen as such only by people who see me on the train, walking down the sidewalk or in a grocery store. Strangers might not guess that … Continue reading →