Remembering Minnie Riperton
posted 10 days ago, updated 12 minutes later | 5 comments
After replenishing our kitchen supplies at the grocery store, my wife and I stopped at the Red Box for an afternoon matinee movie in the comfort of our living room. What else do old folks do in a retirement colony? Just for the fun of it, we picke...
Why are people poor?
posted 11 days ago, updated about 1 hour later | 5 comments
Having come from humble roots, I have always been interested in the answer. We toss about the state of being poor as if it were some kind of a physical thing like being short or bald. The government makes an artificial calculation of the economic ...
Mandy Update
posted 12 days ago, updated about 6 hours later | 6 comments
Last summer my wife and I made a decision to replace our beloved West Highland White terrier, Chelsea, who had passed after 12 years of giving us pleasure. Chelsea was the third in a line of Westies that have been a part of our family since 1972. ...
Winning ugly
posted 13 days ago, updated 6 minutes later | 7 comments
For the past two weeks Florida has been subjected to one of the ugliest mud throwing political campaigns in my memory. I suppose the reason was that the Florida vote is the decisive affirmation that will bring the candidates to Tampa next August a...
I am a generous employer
posted 14 days ago, updated 2 minutes later | 3 comments
Architecture is telling
posted 15 days ago, updated 8 minutes later | 4 comments
I love historical fiction. I especially enjoy books that tell a story of a region I have visited. Some years back I spent a few days in the Ozarks, learning about the history and the traditions of these mountain folks who settled the hill country....
The Hispanic vote: Who knew?
posted 16 days ago, updated 7 minutes later | 6 comments
If you want to live in the middle of a political battle ground just come to Florida this week. The robo-calls are driving me nuts and the TV commercials are vicious. I can't walk down the street without the eyesore of campaign signs. I have alread...
Where did I come from?
posted 17 days ago, updated 7 minutes later | 7 comments
Did you have a maid?
posted 18 days ago, updated about 1 hour later | 7 comments
Last year I read the New York Times best seller, “The Help.” view link As the movie version has been nominated for Best Picture...
Vote early and often
posted 19 days ago, updated about 2 hours later | 7 comments
As our state of residence is Florida, my wife and I went down to the county administrative building and cast our ballots in the Florida primary yesterday. I normally skip primaries but this one is going to be a tight race, according to the pollste...
