.OPTIONS for a Better World

It's a weighty decision whether to chin up to the violence and sadness in the world where buildings and people are blown up or t...

It meant a lot to me, this week's vacation in Provincetown with my family, and I hoped it would feel like a real vacation for each o...

I am stunned by the condition of the world. The bombing of innocent Gaza neighborhoods and the shooting of a plane with vacationers is o...

Today, July 19th, is my beloved daughter's birthday. I could not be prouder of her. To Jessica Take both eyes, both h...

Mark and I became friends in Erlangen Germany in the early 1970's. I was a counselor at the artillery base where he was station...

Hello and happy summer to those of us lucky enough to finally have warm days and verdant landscapes. This is the view from the public b...

Dear All:  (I stole this greeting from a FB friend just today)   :^) 1. I am indeed writing a novel. I try to write at least an hou...

This is almost three year old Logan looking at the world through the New England Aquarium.  You can see the wonder. It's right ther...

I've been on the road and home and on the road again. There is not an accurate chronological order to this post, but I blame that on bl...