THOUGHTS ON TRUST Last week, I celebrated a good medical checkup with a trip to the Mall for a soft yogurt. The facility has a large ice rink and as I sat beside it, I noticed 5 children between the ages of 5 and 6 being given their first skating lessons. What courage these youngsters
MORE HALLOWEEN THOUGHTS I watched an exposé on a woman spiritualist a few days ago which didn’t amount to much. The TV personality debunked her gift by pointing out her questions drew more information from her subjects than she returned. What’s more her readings were non-specific
This interview with Dr. Veronica Asagui on “Gothic Spring” can be seen on Portland-area cable beginning Monday, October 18, 2010. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
TALKING BACK TO THE GENIUS, PHILLIP ROTH I felt as if an arrow had pierced my heart when I read an interview on Phillip Roth in the November edition of “Vanity Fair.” His new book, “Nemesis” is out this year and he was discussing it and the fate of literature
THOUGHTS OF EDITORS AND FRIENDSHIPS I’ve just finished the fifth draft of my fourth novel, “The Necromancer.” I think I like it, but I’m not certain whether I’ve done what I intended because I’ve had my nose pressed hard against the computer for the last several months
A LESSON IN BUBBLES Saturday, it was raining when I left for my walk in the park, neither a gentle rain nor a downpour. The drops were hard enough to form bubbles in the puddles and I stood for a while watching them expand then burst and form again in what seemed a never ending patt
DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON Last week, I got the scare of my life. A friend, back from a wine tour of France, sent me an e-mail saying he needed a liver transplant. I gasped. He was so much younger than I, how was that possible? I called him at his home at once, though the hour was unseeml
SHORT TERM VERSUS LONG TERM INTERESTS A friend of mine brought a book with her when we met for coffee, “The Geography of Bliss” by Eric Weiner. She was impressed by it and read a passage to me, an aphorism the author discovered while traveling in Bhutan: “When the
THE RING OF TRUTH My friend who moved to Palm Springs sent me a letter via snail mail the other day. It contained real estate listings of homes he thought might interest me. Also included were brief descriptions of each property. I’m amazed at how many adjectives can be crammed into