Money for nothing

It’s over. We won; we lost; democracy worked; whatever. The robo-ringing of the phones has halted. Breathe in the silence. We have a clean slate from TV ads: negative or positive, they were all highly polished – and highly priced I’ve heard. What a...
Fifty Shades of Gray

Fifty Shades of Gray

I’ve often said that I could never live where gray shrouds daylight. When it’s murky in southern California, my brain feels as foggy and bleary as the sky. I feel certain that I have a shade of SAAD. I am a yoga devotee. I began to go to the Triad Studio...
Letter from Prison

Letter from Prison

The envelope was a bit crumpled, but I’m used to that in this demoralized era of the USPS. Ben Franklin would be appalled, joining present day politicians and citizens in their much public rants about “things aren’t as good as they used to be and the country’s going...