Monthly Archives: January 2018

I was well into baseball by the time TV came around.  I listened intently to the radio broadcasts of the Tigers, the Detroit Tigers, my all time favorite team.  But then in 1954 baseball took an ominous turn.  It was … Continue reading →

The stripes on his uniform were faded and torn. He barely squeezed into his shirt, buttons near bursting.  He peered from behind his dark rimmed glasses, thick with age. He leaned to his right.  In earnest tone he spoke to … Continue reading →

In 1950, I was 11 years old and busy trading comic books and reading stuff from my father’s library. He was an antique dealer and frequently brought home books and beautiful works of art to display in our small 2 … Continue reading →

        LIFE SANS TELEVISION OR HOW I LOVE WATCHING INFERIOR PROGRAMS   The sad thing is that I have become a TV junkie – especially cable news. It is not even fun (recent news is never fun), … Continue reading →

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a louse (lice for the plural). The Orkin Person had cleaned out the place and got rid of all these tiny creatures.  It … Continue reading →

It’s difficult to choose. There are pros and cons.  One option gives greater range of use.  One gives greater durability.  One offers greater flexibility.  One is easier to install.  Then there are the endorsements to consider.   Oprah touts the “A” … Continue reading →

  The message was clear and it shook me out of a pleasant state of semi-conscious blissful calmness. I was floating along at 33,000 feet far above the cares of the world.  The stern voice announced, “There will be turbulence … Continue reading →

Retirement!  That’s life without a duty. The duty in my case was to carry a gun, at all times, on or off duty.  The gun was in plain view while in uniform but concealed at all other times.  Exceptions were … Continue reading →

Time flies like an arrow; years flow by like a flaming candle You were a once a cute young kid; now a once-married man You were once a young boy with mischief in your eyes Now you’re a white bearded … Continue reading →

Each of our lives on Earth is a rainbow so high in the sky, Beautiful yet ephemeral, rarely seen, but I know not why. Some are small, just bursts of dazzling color through the mist; Others form graceful arcs, lined … Continue reading →

I first met Jerry Goldsmith soon after joining The Health Industry Manufacturers Association, in 1985, as Vice President of Science & Technology. He had a serious look about him and we had many conversations about the crises, politics, and directions … Continue reading →

Spring afternoon Floating anxiety Can’t think! Overwhelming emptiness No hope Scattered thinking Must concentrate Call home last time Loving wife, twins, family Should be happy Can’t help it Can’t think Can’t function Life so empty Why? Illness Mental illness There … Continue reading →

        ORDER IN THE COURTROOM HERE COME DA KING   How can anyone write about birth order, if there isn’t any order to my birth? Losing two male siblings at birth, left me (obviously) in the enviable … Continue reading →

PROFOUND EVENT”S”   “Events”, because every movie I ever saw as a kid was a profound event. No matter what the topic, I acted out the film until I saw another that took me away.   Cowboy films: I rode … Continue reading →

All we need to survive as a living person are the following three needs: We need to eat. We need to sleep. We need to secrete. Beyond those immutable needs we need nothing.  Everything else is a want.  A desire. … Continue reading →

Here I am, a little boy of merely 4 years old.  Not even in kindergarten yet. I am attached to my mom who showers me with unrequited love.  I am the apple of her eye, I think, I must be.  … Continue reading →