I was driving to work this morning, on the freeway driving into the rising sun, thinking of the day in front of me. Ahead was a car like mine; boxy, practical and lived-in. The car hit a bump or pothole in the… Read full post »

My mother hated to cook.  Not long after my mother and father married, I came along, followed two years later by my sister.  It was the sixties. My mother had to take on the role of housewife.  She took care of the house and cooking and joined the right organizations/… Read full post »

I’ve been vegetarian since 1994.  Driving to work in suburban Detroit, I pulled up next to a truck filled with cows.  I don’t know where they were going and thought they might have be going to be slaughtered.  Then I thought that I would try not eating meat and see if/… Read full post »

I love the Olympics.  Every two years, I sit at my TV and watch hours of programming.  I am one of those that watch and try to understand each sport.  The more obscure the better.  For the Winter Olympics, I especially like biathlon, cross-country skiing and speed skating - t… Read full post »