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Last week, my 6 year-old son’s homework assignment was to tell a personal story like early Native Americans did -- by drawing primitive symbols on animal skin. Fortunately for neighborhood cats and squirrels, we substituted a torn paper bag for the skin and created our own … [Read more...]
For my sister-in-law Jessica, February 14 is not only Valentine's Day, but also her birthday. This is fortunate for my brother, because it means one less present to get and one less gift-giving date to remember. That sounds horrible I know, but it's not that he's cheap or lazy; … [Read more...]
It may be only a historical footnote that the bedraggled, stooped old man known as Albert Einstein was quite a sexual creature, based on most accounts; and women it seems tended to swoon in the lap of the celebrity genius, although he pretended never to notice. Fast forward to … [Read more...]
We had been out of toilet paper for so long that we had depleted our supply of suitable substitutes... Kleenex, napkins, fabric softener sheets. So, despite my aversion to solo-shopping, I had no choice but to head to Costco. Armed only with a standard-sized cart and list, I … [Read more...]
I pride myself on the fact that, at my age, I am technically savvy, knowing my computer inside and out, and being able to assemble things even when the instructions are written in pseudo-English. My house is full of electronic doo-dads that dance to my command. (Well, everything … [Read more...]