Ocean

We are in that period of farmhouse renovation when things look a lot worse, so that, if all goes well, things will eventually be better. C...

The farmers who supply us with spinach every two weeks all winter long sent an email with these words: spring IS really just around the corn...

As I walk to the bus stop early this morning, I’m thinking – surely it is the last time this season that I will be seeing this? After ...

It’s good that in travel, you do not know what awaits you or else, quite likely, you’d never leave the soft cushions of your couch. In Atl...

The winter of travel discontent. Except, truthfully, I am not harmed nor even frustrated by all the flight disruptions that continue to plag...

Morning in Albuquerque. It’s as if I am playing catch up this week-end. Appearing in places I have long wanted to visit and, too, spen...

If ever there was good luck, I have it in this: my best pals from law school days (when I was a student), all three of them, have settled in...

Early this morning, I nudge Ed to get going. No time to waste. I want to go out to the farmhouse before my morning class. I want to take one...

(On the Square today) People to admire: so many who, in their daily working lives put forth an effort, over and beyond what you’d expect. ...

When life deals you a long hard day, maybe it’s time you had a burger? That, at least, was my reasoning. I have burgers maybe once e...

You’d be surprised how many people do not celebrate Valentine’s Day. A meaningless day, my students tell me. Hallmark stuff. No substance b...

My hands are raw from some cleanser or other. Figures: Sunday is cleaning day. I finish polishing the condo. We move on to the farm house....

It’s curious when the change happens: when you see yourself as belonging to the category of people who are thinking out loud about retiremen...