“If you want to get really rich all you have to do is sell a lemonade stand; and when I get older that’s prolly what I’m gonna do.” Breezy It’s a quote from my granddaughter spoken to her mother’s best friend. It was posted on Facebook one day earlier this summer. I’m sure Breezy heard the first part on the TV or the radio. The … Continue reading The Lemonade Stand
It seems to me that it’s always Christmas or the 4th of July. And so it is, another 4th of July. When the 4th gets here it’s an indication that the summer is half way over (in between Memorial Day and Labor Day). My head spins at how fast the summer comes and goes each year. I have mixed emotions about the 4th of July … Continue reading Another 4th of July
I met the musician James Taylor on a bitter cold winter Saturday in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the late 1980’s. He lived in Santa Fe then, so I suppose it wasn’t out of the ordinary for the locals to see him on the slopes, but it was a surprise for me. The morning started out very unusually. My college friend and I had driven over … Continue reading J.T. and me
I arrived at 7:45 am for an 8 am opening and was the 4th person in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. This was the first time since 2012, when all the rules changed, that I’d had to renew my license. Other than presenting my first born, I pretty much had to present everything else. One passport, please. One social security card, please. If … Continue reading A trip to the DMV
Well we said what happens in car six stays in car six. And that has been almost wholly true…until now. It happened to me, so I’m telling it. After you read about it, you will wonder why I decided to reveal this particular event. And even as I sit here at 2:34 a.m. deciding whether to push the ‘publish’ button, I wonder whether I should, … Continue reading Car Six
My friend Gail is off the internet grid this week on some river in a part of the world that, well I’m not quite sure where she is. She’s a pretty amazing millennial. Earlier this year I watched her transformation as she prepared for her new life of traveling about the world. She sold all her stuff, lost lots of weight, packed what I would … Continue reading Guest Blog……Bali Hai
Tower of Twins 