The Darth Vader syndrome
My friend Mary is in a funk. She thinks the world is coming to an end because of COVID-19. She [...]
In a breath
I've returned to meditating lately. What's a bit different this time around is that I'm now doing it daily. I'd [...]
And the sun also rises
In June I made an appointment with my barber Franco whose shop is about a 15-minute walk from my home. [...]
COVID-19: Paranoia is your best friend
The Russians claim they have the world's first effective coronavirus vaccine and have dubbed it Sputnik V, as if we [...]
La signora of memories
The other evening, while savoring a piece of cheddar, I got to thinking about why we love certain foods above [...]
The chalk circle
I agreed only reluctantly to have dinner with a friend and several of his acquaintances on the last day of [...]
A beer drinker’s lament: un-crafting a classic
For Nora Hartmann, a real beer was a Bud or a Miller Lite, and don't even try to sell her on the faux-upscale craft trend.
Lockdowns to the hungry: Drop dead
One gets large impressions in boyhood, sometimes, which he has to fight against all his life. • Mark Twain, "Innocents [...]
Choose! An American polemic
America's not so beautiful these days. Blame it on a president or a virus, on racism or a public so [...]
A melting pot story
In America, in Europe, in every land populated by the descendants of Europeans there is, among a large number of [...]
Pick a flavor, any flavor
SUBJECT: Why you should hire my Rebecca Hi there CNN, I thought you might be interested in covering my story. [...]