Don’t you love small-world stories? I’ve written before about my fascination with them. There is just something magical about unexpected connections between strangers on this planet. Connections which inevitably invoke a delighted, “What a small world,” response from everyone involved. One of my favorite such connections happened when I emailed Bing’s obituary to the Miami […]
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“Sometimes I wonder why I spend a lonely night . . .” If I could sing, I would perform the music here for you. Sadly, our family singing gene went to my sister and I have to be content with always being off-key and not able to carry a tune. That also was my dad’s […]
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We are inching into my favorite month of the year, May. Hooray for May. It’s the month of May baskets, violets, Maypoles (okay, I’ve never actually seen a Maypole, but I love them anyway), and, most of all, promise. When I was little, May meant all those things plus the last day of school, which […]
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It occurs to me that I haven’t written about the care and feeding of my stray cat, Christopher Robin, lately. For any of you who have been anxiously awaiting an update, be anxious no more. (I’m sure there must be at least one of you – right??? If not, humor me.) For those of you […]
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In this pandemic year, filled with sadness and fear and prayers for it all to end, I find I can smile remembering past good times. To that end, I’m re-running an Inkspots Christmas column I wrote years ago, in hopes that it will spark similar happy memories for all of you. December 24, 1992 When […]
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I sort of jumped the gun on decorating for Christmas this year. As in, I put up the tree and all the trimmings a month ago, two weeks before Thanksgiving. Don’t judge. This year has been like no other, so it seems to me that anything goes. Anything, in this case, being early, very early, […]
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In the years I’ve been inhabiting this Inkspots space, I’ve written about 147 columns about our family’s past Thanksgiving holidays. I said “about,” so don’t lecture me on exaggerating, the about allows me to use any number I fancy. And today, I fancy 147 – it has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? […]
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For someone who has pretty much retired from cooking, I get an urge once in a blue moon to come out of retirement and make something tasty. Okay, to be honest, I never was much of a cook and I never especially liked doing it, so you can understand why, after years of feeding seven […]
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I had a fun travel companion last week named Flat Stanley. I had never heard of Flat Stanley but it turns out he’s quite famous. He’s had his picture taken with such well-known celebrities as Clint Eastwood and President Obama, to name just two. Now he’s had his picture taken with Seamus, Louis Kossuth, and […]
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There are many things I love about computers and cyberspace. F’rinstance, being able to FaceTime or Zoom with our scattered kids and grands is wonderful. Out of the blue, 6-year-old Molly will get loose on her Dad’s cell phone and FaceTime me, offering to give me a tour of her house. She always offers to […]
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