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I was going to write about the importance of books but decided instead to consider the broader value of the printed word. My favorite reading chair: Periodicals (magazines and newspapers) often help to inform us about current events, and political … Continue reading →

Pets often have schedules that come from their personal inclinations, urges, and habits, especially as they age. It’s interesting to observe the regularity of actions on their parts that can be clocked with frightening dependability. Riggs is a rescue cat … Continue reading →

I’ve taught enough writing classes to know that we all have writer’s block from time to time. It’s a frustrating experience to have ideas that have been flowing nicely suddenly come to an abrupt halt for no apparent reason. Of course, … Continue reading →

The British, Victorian prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli, considered himself to be a serious traveler. He said, “I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.” That statement is  a most cogent one in terms of … Continue reading →

I do believe that we can fall in love with places and seasons. Often we remember places that were summer idylls, or we can recall snowy, winter vistas from holidays gone-by, or the melancholy beauty of autumns. Seasons appeal in … Continue reading →

  I know that body tattoos have been around for hundreds or perhaps even thousands of years and that they are part of what we in the modern world like haughtily to call “primitive” decoration. When I was growing up … Continue reading →

Yesterday on the evening news there was an item about a man named Fred, who at the age of ninety-six was writing a song about his departed wife Lorraine, to whom he had been married for seventy-three years. Though Fred … Continue reading →

I’ve written other blog entries about Molly, one of my neighbors on the second floor of the condo, where I spend my winters in Pompano Beach, Florida. Molly, in her seventies, continues to use a walker for an astonishing level … Continue reading →

Once again I return to a theme that haunts me almost daily, the place of technology in people’s lives.  The strides we’ve made through electronics have been considerable in making life “easier,” or at least faster. Of course, speed means … Continue reading →

Instead of a verbal expression of my esteem for the state of Colorado, I’d like today to share some photos I’ve taken recently of views that have inspired me. I’ll simply label each without trying to describe what the eye … Continue reading →