I’ve never been stopped by the police for DWB, driving while black. I can’t even imagine a police officer stopping me for anything other than some sort of perceived violation I have committed. And over the course of my driving career I have been stopped many times, received some traffic tickets and gone on my…
1953. That’s what keeps popping into my mind. That’s the year I was bored. I wasn’t around for the first eight and a half months of the year, having been born on August 16th. And I really don’t remember anything from back then.. Not even sure how significant 1953 was. I do know that Dwight…
4 in the morning, can’t sleep. Just one of those nights. Lots going on. While we’re dealing with this pandemic it seems as though our cities are burning. There are protests going on all through out the city because a white police officer in Minneapolis killed a black man he was in the process of…
I’m a history buff. I especially like American history. I probably know more than most. Presidential history is most interesting. So as we go through this pandemic I just can’t understand how our current president is handling this crisis. It seems to me that President Trump has no sense of history or sense at all…
So all and all we had a very nice Memorial Day. We went to see Jessica and Craig and Jake and Jenna for a barbecue . Hamburgers, hotdogs the full deal. It is now oaky to gather in groups less than 10 people and we had seven including my mom. Jake even got some hugs…
Forty years ago this weekend I was 26 years old , had just passed the Bar exam and was spending Memorial Day onFire Island. I spent one summer out there in a time share and just didn’t like it. I was sworn into the NY State Bar just a few weeks later in early June.…
What is this obsession I have with travel? For as long as I can remember I had this curiosity, this wonder about travel. It goes back to the age of 5 when we took the first family trip that I remember. It was the summer of 1958 and we drove from New York to Minnesota…
And it sure doesn’t feel like Memorial Day or the unofficial start of summer.. First of all the weather is not great; a little cool and some rain. Second, still have to be mindful of the virus and social distancing and a new normal as to how to conduct life. Pools are closed, but might…
Mom, you want a cup of tea? Sure, she says. This is an unintended benefit of my mom staying at our apartment during the pandemic. She is 92 and has been living by herself since my dad passed away 26 years ago. Since the pandemic started she’s been with my sister Elise or staying with…
Music has always been a art of my life. As early as seven years old I remember my father teaching me and my sisters Do, Re Me from the Sound of Music. We had a big stereo record player in our living room and we were alway listening to records. It was a huge piece…