I was contacted by an acquaintance from my past yesterday. A fellow I’d not heard from for 27 years sent me an email. In a brief exchange with him I realized that while he had experienced some change in his life, I had radically transformed. I knew his vocabulary but he didn’t know mine. I […]
Energized
I’ve just completed two weeks of hard core traveling. I’ve been through Atlanta so many times that I’m beginning to see it as “home.” Traveling always wears you out. The going is fun and exciting, the return is less so. Together, they make you tired. Fighting traffic on the road or in the air (that […]
Reality is stronger than fiction
Along the lines of IDK, this was a real phone conversation yesterday: Hello! Thank you for calling The Green Pharmacy. May I help you? Is this The Green Pharmacy? Yes it is, may I help you? Silence Is this The Green Pharmacy? Yes it is, may I help you? Indignant, I want to know if […]
Tweet-le-dee
A younger friend of mine yesterday posted a tweet yesterday that described me to a tee. My response to him cajoled a chuckle. I was serious. First, a “tweet” is what you do in “Twitter.” Twitter is an online service where you have 140 characters to describe what you’re doing, thinking, etc. You can access […]
Acting like young folks
Me and the queen got a good thing going on (yes, I’m aware the grammar is incorrect). Pushing on to twenty years hitched together, we’re finding that things are getting hotter, funner and better than twenty years ago. We hear young couples talking about “date nights;” we do date months, with a weekend off so […]