One of my favorite history tutors recently went home to his reward — David McCullough. Since March of 2020, I have been a grateful participant in one-on-one tutorials by many authors through LIBBY.* (The library reading App) And David McCullough was one of my...
I put my foot down today; not smart. I put it down on the T.V.’s remote control activating a [computer] voice that commented on the volume control and every time time I tried to change anything. And then — horrors of horror — whatever I “hit” blocked me from my...
Fifty years ago, what was YOUR song? You know that little tune that just captured your romance? OK - maybe you weren't even alive 50 years ago. This time 50 years ago, a very specific melody went through my curler laden head. My bridesmaids had arrived and I was...
You’d think that after fifty years living with Doug, I would have heard about his disrupted musical stage career. But no. Watching an Antiques Roadshow Recut from the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento CA, another person’s treasure opened the door to a funny twist of his theatrical fate. Here’s what happened. As we watched the evaluation of […]
Two editorial headlines this morning captured why I often feel so wobbly nowadays: Homeless Encampments No Longer Tolerated and A Wonder to Behold. It’s ironic, isn’t it — what we can do with such precision in space; yet what we have failed to do time and again on...
I had hoped I would have many sunflowers from seeds this year. Not only have we enjoyed them in previous years, this year I wanted a gazillion. So, I bought several packets of different varieties, and a friend gave me a packet of fancy sunflower seeds, too, knowing...
Exhaustion Exhaustion is not an uncommon companion at my age and stage. While this feeling of fatigue reminds me of how I felt in 1968, it is more palpable and David French's description captures well the worn-outness I feel. But, also the hope: “ . . . The...
I Have that degree Somewhere For somebody with a college degree, I am one who understands very few of any of the devices upon which I rely.* That’s why The Way Things Work by David Macaulay — among many of his illustrated books —was such a practical tutorial for...
Cogitating on things this glorious morning in June, enjoying perhaps the last drier day for a spell, I am soaking up other people’s wisdom. For example, I didn’t know if President Lincoln actually declared what I am feeling: “I have been driven many times upon my...
I adapted a prayer for the healing of a young cancer patient —composed by an Ethiopian Medical community for one of the own. The petition they made for this child's healing seemed to be a way I can pray for so many we love whose hurts and heartaches press in as...
I don’t know if I ever did the math to figure I’d be alive in 2022 . . . but here I am. What did I ever learn that prepared me for staying alive in 2022? Understanding What My Father Used to Say Well . . . I remember my father telling me the shortest distance...
Memorial Day 2022 reminds to think upon the rights I have because of the soldiers who gave up some of their rights. I sit in safety and comfort and peace today because of what others battled. It is not a permanent perch — never was. Yet, men and women died hoping...
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