Diana, the huntress I have begun to read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology again.  It’s been a long time.  I had forgotten the grace and power of Professor Hamilton’s sweeping treatment of the great stories.  We should reread these stories regularly. As I approach the last quarter of my life, it seems that I still have much to […]

One year ago today, I last saw my mom alive.  She was in hospice care, in the final stages of liver disease brought on by prescription medication.  It was a sad, sad time.  She was suffering.  My dad was suffering.  I guess we were all suffering. In the afternoon of March 15, 2011, I leaned […]

Can it be? There is always hope.  It always happens.  Every year. Why do we worry?

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London  Must be one of the best places in the world.

Almost nothing better than this: I can hardly wait to go back there.

One never knows what one might see at a local eatery — Fortunately, this didn’t appear until after lunch.

Of course, the best place in the world changes, probably rapidly, for every person.  I have been so very lucky in my life to have had the opportunity to visit a number of places that I have come to love.  While “the best” does change, this place remains toward the top of the list at […]

Where I came into this world – – – – Saint Louis Cathedral, New Orleans   (I was born in New Orleans, but not in the Cathedral.)