We met at a cookie exchange party. One of the hosts had put me to work in the kitchen by handing me a recipe and a bowl and pointing to a counter piled with various ingredients. I glanced at…
R.I.P. Halloween
Let’s hope dem bones know what they’re talking about.
We Are Old Enough to Remember
When I was a kid growing up in Georgia, we had various drills throughout the school year. They were planned and we always knew they were coming. On a given day, our teachers would tell us we would need to…
Mi Hai Cambiato La Vita
About a week or so ago (is time still a thing???), I thought about Ennio Morricone. Several years ago I had gotten tickets to see him conduct his music here in Los Angeles. I bought the tickets during the month…
Same Odd, Same Odd
People around the world are doing all kinds of things during lockdown, things they’re sharing through social media every day. In reading about these fine folks and their many accomplishments, I have been envious and appalled, awed by grace and…
Amendment I.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government…