Prompted by a recent discussion of kindness toward retail staff, wait-staff, and other people who deal with the public on a daily basis, on those occasions when they have disappointing news to impart. A true story. A few years ago Judi and I went on a three-night cruise, over her birthday weekend. The final night, […]
A True Story from the Author’s past: Even as a child, I loved going to the movies. I loved seeing movies. I still do. But seeing them at home, even in this modern era where almost any movie you might want to see is available to you at the touch of a button, is not the […]
Elena Gaillard reminds me that at one point about twenty years ago, we took my then-young niece Kate and nephew Zachary to an Off-Broadway performance of Blue Man Group, back before Blue Man Group became the thundering multi-city franchise it is today. I think Kate was about five. And the circumstance enabled what may be […]