The Last Flowers of Spring
It’s Spring! No, It’s Summer It could be said, and probably is by people who move from the east coast to the west, that California does not have four identifiable seasons. My brain is still in Spring, and in fact the calendar tells me that summer...Exploring a Supermarket with a Four-Year-Old
A Covid Baby Walks into a Supermarket. . . My youngest grandchild is a Covid baby. That’s what one of the parents sitting near me during a recent musical performance called her son. Singing and clapping a la Kodàli, the children standing on risers in front of...A Much Needed Vacation
On The Road Again To my family, it must seem that I am on vacation all the time. Since I retired, and especially since I moved to southern California, I have made many road trips and enjoyed a couple of spectacular cruises. Of course my flight north during the LA...
Grandma Camp 2025
How Time Flies It seems only yesterday I was on Amtrak riding home from Santa Fe, New Mexico, but suddenly it was Memorial Day, and then June. For their anniversary this year, my son and his wife wanted to spend some grownup time together in Ojai, so their 8 year old...
Spring Break in New Mexico
Spring Break in New Mexico Some time during the winter I confided to my youngest daughter, who lives in Virginia, that I would like to see New Mexico again in the springtime. In the 70s, the husband of my youth and I had traveled to Las Cruces, in southern New...
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