Don’t bug me
It seems that everywhere we travel online—from on-demand entertainment to online banking—we’re required to sign-up or register. After we go through the exhausting process of coming up bulletproof usernames and…
Dental expressions
A girl has lots of time to think when strapped into a dentist chair for two hours. OK. I wasn’t exactly strapped in. I was clipped in by a drool…
Easter April Fools
I have been scouring the files of my mind, trying to recall a year that April Fool’s Day and Easter collided on the same calendar day. My birthday is, well,…
Zero expectations
Our daughter Jordan wants her Dad and me to plan a trip to visit her in Seoul. Yes, Korea. The topic comes up now and then when we talk, text,…
All about love
Anyone standing in the checkout line at a grocery store can’t miss the latest greatest love story. Headlines on every tabloid scream the names “Harry” and Meghan”. From their first…
All is well
“All is well,” said a friend of mine. I had asked, “How are things?” She could have answered the standard, “Fine” or “OK.” “Fine” and “OK” can mean anything from…
A theme called LOVE
In 2003, a group of actors from the UK came together and made a little feel-good movie called Love Actually. The film opens at the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. We…
Word of the Day
Few people today pick up dictionaries. I’m talking about a dictionary in book form—front and back covers holding thin parchment pages full of words and their meanings. It’s easier to download an…
