A Treasure Intangible – The Name of a Beautiful Little Baby Boy I have a variety of little physical treasures, little things worthless to practically everyone else, that sit on the little two drawer chest in my study. One, the red glazed ashtray that I made in kindergarten, my first ever...
Happy 90th Something Birthday to My Second Mom
Happy 90th Something Birthday to My Second Mom December 1, 2020 Lorraine, Happy, happy birthday! Is this 93? Whatever the year, it is certainly a milestone of life that many do not make and a milestone that we are so happy to see for you, and for us, for the miles traveling along with...
Sunday Morning, October 11, 2020
Sunday Morning, October 11, 2020 This Sunday morning, when I began to drink my hot cup of tea, heated up from the evening before in the microwave, always a horror to my daughters, I looked out the window to the street already lit by the morning sunlight, and as I collected my thoughts to prepare...
The Emperor of Japan
The Emperor of Japan When I worked for the IRS, I loved being selected for short work details to our National Office in Washington D.C. On one such detail, in June 1994, I was working in D.C. at the IRS building at 1111 Constitution Ave. And one afternoon, instead of just leaving by the side...
An Image From The 2016 Election
An Image from the 2016 Election – November 2016 A man described to me how his son, the day after the election, told him that a friend, a boy in his 5th grade class, was crying at school. The father knew this friend and knew why he was crying. His son’s friend was Muslim. Smiling...