Friday 12 June 2026 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.  Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death  The Devil Wears Prada.  Catch-22.  The Year of Magical Thinking.  A Tree...

Friday 29 May 2026 For thirty years—nearly 11,000 days—I had been dreaming and talking about visiting Barcelona, Spain simply for Antoni Gaudí.  He is one of my most beloved artists.  Why did I postpone going?  Why would I substitute Barcelona with other international destinations,...

Friday 22 May 2015 When I first embraced my post-surgery, heart-shaped therapeutic pillow, I wondered: “Did I have a teddy bear when I was a child? —probably not—I can’t remember!”  Why?  That question was the first one I thought of while hugging it.  Without it, coughing would have...

15 May 2026 Today marks my one-year anniversary of a life-changing experience.  Since this morning, I have been reminiscing about what I was doing this time last year.  During the lead-up to 15 May 2025, I didn’t have “blank page syndrome.”  I wasn’t struck by another case of “writer’s block.”  I wasn’t...

Friday 08 May 2026 Why didn’t I say: “Goodbye.  I’ll return when I can”? Why didn’t I say: “I need to pause writing my weekly blogs because….” I didn’t anticipate my hiatus from this blog site lasting a full year; I thought no longer than four months. Looking through my Spring 2025 blogs,...