Wake-up Call
Walking down a ramp at Scripp’s Green Hospital in San Diego to look at Torrey Pines Golf Course, a lady asks “Can I help you” . Guess I...
SAINTHOOD DEMOLISHED
THIS MORNING I HAD TO GAS UP. AS I WAITED AT THE PUMP, THERE WAS A GENT LEANING AGAINST THE BUILDING WHERE I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE IN NEED...
Deceased Friends
Henry Jackson Sandy Gill Jim Manry Harold McKenzie Hix Green John Grant Frank Jarrell Booty Livingston Jim White Seth Mellen Dick Osgood...
Pets in my life:
Button: Button was an all-black kitten with a white spot (button) on his throat. I got him on my 4th or 5th birthday. All mine, but not...
Pandemic & Me, Part 2
I last wrote about Trish’s and my reaction to the Covid pandemic in October. It was a very positive note and focused on what we had done...
Pandemic & Me, Part 1
:Trish and I have been on lockdown since the first of March, she a month earlier because of a health condition. I am amazed at how well...
My 90th Birthday
I made it! But 90 isn’t very different from 89….I decided on an extended celebration at the height of the pandemic. On and around July...
Congressional Tribute to Francis Rigdon Currie On his 90th Birthday
Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Francis Rigdon Currie, a former long-time resident of Palo Alto who is celebrating his 90th...
Carlsbad
I’d like to give you an idea of life at 74 and 88 in our little home in Carlsbad: I generally rise at 6 AM, watch Morning Joe while...