Monthly Archives: November 2018

It’s really very simple. Go to Masterminds toy store, buy a toy, and drop it in the donation box. A no-brainer. Charity comes in many forms, but this is one of the best Christmas opportunities to empathize and do something … Continue reading →

and shove it.” Trump’s message to the American military and veterans re. the extended Florida vote win which he doesn’t want them to count. More or less the same message as not visiting American graves in a French cemetery because of … Continue reading →

Note to small businesses: Start playing the Christmas music now. *People’s attitudes always change for the better (less complaining, whining, gloom) once the calendar turns to Dec. 1 when the Christmas music is playing in malls and offices. Want to … Continue reading →

or rather Douglas Rain, 90, the Canadian who voiced him in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Going to work in the dark. (20 years of night shift.) The simple trek from walk-up to outdoor lot. A nasty gust sending his hat rolling fast toward the riverbank behind the block. He ran to retrieve it and tumbles unseen … Continue reading →

is busy dying.” –Bob Dylan

Still holds up nicely after all this time with its study of class structure in 1910 London amidst the introduction of the automobile. Great acting by all, especially Hopkins as Henry Wilcox, Emma Thompson as Margaret Schlegal, Helena Bonham Carter … Continue reading →

(Hint: a poppy anchored in a removed pencil eraser head prevents you from being stabbed or  from stabbing someone with the sharp end outside of clothing; wear with the sharp end anchored in the eraser on the inside of clothing–it stays fastened and doesn’t get as … Continue reading →

Nature is, first and foremost, in terms of what you see and experience every day. It is most basic, beginning with the light and dark outside your bedroom door, the air that greets you when you first open a door … Continue reading →

as the best things you have done or accomplished, the free-est gifts of self you have accepted and bestowed, and the maximum closeness and intimacy you have actually experienced.“–Richard Davies