When Theresa and I moved in together in 1988, we had almost nothing. Theresa owned her car, and had a bank account. I did not have a car, and my “account” was a negative number. My net worth started with a negative. We rented an apartment, and we had almost nothing in it. We had […]
Mother Nature
When I was in school, I remember learning about Weather. We did experiments on condensation, precipitation, and evaporation. None of it made an impact. Today, I am looking out my window, and the snow is starting. This is supposed to be a big one. Some forecasters are even capitalizing it: a Big One. There are […]
Is this thing on?
Where do I start? How about with my life list. Several years ago, a colleague suggested that I create a life list (now known as a “bucket list”, thanks to a movie of the same name). My colleague suggested that if I created a life list, I would put goals onto paper, and make them […]
Essayists
When I was young, I read a collection of essays by Robert Benchley. He was an essayist popular in the 1940s-1950s, and my father had a copy of some of his essays. It was the first time I read something in that format, and I was struck by the idea that someone could write a […]
