Last week when I had important document downloads and Zoom conferences lined up, our internet failed. The cable provider, Spectrum, just suddenly stopped a little after 8 am in the morning, while I was in the middle of various transactions. We were without TV, internet… Read More
Back in June, I wrote about Father’s Day and how, when our son was young and after we had celebrated Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Grandparents’ Day, he asked, “When do we have Kids’ Day?”There was no answer back then, so we created a… Read More
For as long as I can remember, I have gone down to the Gulf Coast of Texas in August. It was an easy drive, only about an hour, from Victoria where I was raised. Usually we went to Rockport; we would have a picnic on… Read More
The national awareness of the needless loss of children probably started with Columbine in Littleton, CO, in 1999 when 13 students and a teacher were senselessly gunned down in April of that month. I was teaching in a high school in Connecticut then, and… Read More
One day when our son was young and after we had celebrated Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Grandparents’ Day earlier in the year, he piped up and asked, “When do we have a Kids’ Day?” It was a good question, one that had no… Read More
My 60th high school reunion was this month down in Victoria where I grew up. It was held at the recently-renovated Club Westerner, a favorite dance hall for generations, where we as teens went for live music and two-stepping almost every weekend throughout the year—… Read More
I was out shopping this weekend, and oh my! Traffic was outrageous, stores jammed, and check-out lines ridiculously long. How could I have possibly forgotten about the commercial bonanza of Mother’s Day, when floral sales alone almost eclipse those of #1 Valentine’s Day. Even… Read More
Ahhhh, Christmas is over. Cards have been sent, gifts have been given, meals have been eaten, and all that remains are the leftovers and the trash to be put out in the next collection. Unless you have big plans for New Year’s Eve, this period… Read More
So here we are less than three weeks before Christmas, and I am still ordering on line. Not that I am giving a lot of gifts to people, since our family and friends have long since decided we don’t need any more stuff and don’t… Read More
It’s what I have come to call “That time of year” again — the late fall days in November between holidays when daylight savings time ends and the twinkle of Christmas lights begin to illuminate the darkness. The year is winding down, the New Year… Read More
