Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I’m not sure there’s a better way to spend a Saturday than tooling up and down a boardwalk on a sunny afternoon. We got to do that this weekend on Venice Beach. The weather, the atmosphere and, especially, the people made the day extra special. A couple of us rented scooters, another rode a long [...]
Twenty years after I procrastinated ordering my Christmas card and thus became the world's most ardent Groundhog Day fan, I got to see a live ceremony. It's hard to say who was more excited about the whole deal, me or Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo. With his thick New Jersey accent, Joe D. introduced Lady [...]
In a perfect world, every school child would be able to explore existing ruins of an ancient civilization. If they did, they would understand how astonishingly cool they, and all humans, are. In my lifetime, I have been lucky enough to climb through Tikal in Guatemala, Machu Picchu in Peru, Diocletian's Palace in Croatia, the [...]
Of course Christmas twinkles from every corner of Santa Fe, the city shares the big guy’s name. The fey spirit of Santa winks out from everywhere — obvious places like the well-lit town square and quieter corners of the foothills. Pepper garlands loop through street lights and store windows. A street crooner braves the chilly [...]
Sometimes, when you find yourself in a resort town during a very slow season, you have to poke around a little. I did. I treated myself to a little photo walk through Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin during one of those dreary days between color season and the holidays. Due both to the time of year and [...]