In the Weather app on my iPhone, I have about a dozen cities around the world bookmarked. Most of them are either places I have lived or places people I care about live, from Tunis to Tahoe and other points that I check nearly every day. It’s 58 degrees in Tunis right now — late …
I had to drive to Atlanta Monday morning, and I got a nasty surprise when I tried to leave our community by the main entrance. The road heading both in and out of Sun City Peachtree was blocked, with yellow crime scene tape stretched across the road. So I had to reverse course and leave …
When we decided to retire and move away from California, my wife had one priority. She didn’t want to live anywhere there was a good chance we would be hit by natural disasters — earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding … oh, and tornadoes. When we settled on Georgia south of Atlanta, we knew it wasn’t earthquake country. …
Does anybody south of Scarborough remember the Maine? I would be willing to bet it’s been a hundred years since anybody outside of Texas remembered the Alamo. What’s the point, anyway? Remember the Alamo by beating up a Mexican? There really needs to be an expiration date on these things, especially since they all seem …
There but for the grace of God … Note: The picture at the beginning isn’t from this story. It’s just to make a point, that … There but for the grace of God … I was thinking recently about what had to be the strangest minute of my entire life. It was nearly the last …
