“You look better in person than you do in your blog picture,” said a former high school student of mine from 40 years ago. He was in town for a class reunion and looked me up. His remark I took to be gracious rather than true. The blog picture is me at 72. At 82, I’ve
Is the Bible the word of God or manmade? A Kenyan minister and I were debating that point on Facebook, recently. During the course of our exchange, I pointed out European missionaries had brought Christianity to Africa. For some reason he refused to accept that reality and t
Poor Barbara Streisand. While promoting her new music album Wall, she made a boo-boo. She said white women didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential election because they didn’t know their minds and followed the advice of their husbands. The remark caught
“What’s that?” From the window inside the bus, I pointed to a line of people curling around the street corner of a downtown building. The individual beside me looked up from her reading. “A pop up shop.” As her eyes drifted back to her page, I made a mental note to googl
“You made it so easy.” The woman on the other end of the phone laughed. She was referring to an email I’d sent to friends about Barnes And Noble’s holiday 20% discount on my books. I sent the message more for vanity than for sales. I was tickled to see my novel, Hear
Recently, I walked into a local wine establishment to do some Christmas shopping. Every year I give both my stockbroker and his female assistant a fancy bottle of wine. This year, I’d decided on a white bubbly. In the old days, I’d have called it champagne, but that makes Fr
Recently, I sat down to lunch at a gathering of former colleagues, all of them eager to discuss the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections. Several expressed hope for the future, but one skeptic reminded us of the numerous executive orders President Donald Trump had signed in the past
Would the French, who are among the first to celebrate the difference between the sexes – “vive la difference” – ever consider a gender neutral language? I wouldn’t bet on it. Everyone knows in France a cat is “le chat,” (male) while a mouse, is “la souis,
Recently, I dined with friends at an upscale restaurant where the waiters wore bow ties. I ordered a Greek salad. Simple enough. Or, so I thought. But the waiter wasn’t satisfied. What kind of salad dressing did I require: “Ranch? Thousand?, French? Green Goddess? Blue C
With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas ahead. probably no one wants to hear about managing diet. Of least interest might be a discussion regarding salt. Still, salt deserves our attention. It has a deadly link to plastic. That’s what researchers from South Korea’s