At the Dutch bakery Cashier: Four cinnamon rolls? Me: That’s what they call me! Cashier: They call me “Pastry.” Me: Because you are so sweet?! Cashier: And because I’m full…

Most readers of this newsletter were also my Facebook friends, so you know that I made a small fuss about leaving that site last month. In many ways it’s a…

I hope you are all having a lovely Thanksgiving (or Thursday if you aren’t in the USA or are Rocky Balboa). We aren’t doing very much. I didn’t get a…

Writer’s block I realized last night that one reason I don’t write more here is that I was thinking of it more as a “publication” for some version of the…

I figure if I’m going to quit F-book I need to up my blog/newsletter frequency and not just wait for some big inspiration. So this is about my garden. Might…

I feel like I have written this memory out before, but if I did it was probably long ago on my Vox blog (the defunct web space I think I…

I have snored for decades, as my family will tell you. I have also had a ferocious coffee habit for decades. These things may be related. Probably around this time…

My most common dream (or most commonly remembered dream) these days is the “I’m back at college” dream. Usually I remember I’m 50 and already have a college degree. Often…