Portimãois a city on the Algarve coast. Despite being a mass tourism destination, it stills keeps more typical features of the Algarve than any other urban center of the region. Fishing is still the main economic activity, right after tourism, and it is the best place to eat the typical...
Then, a couple of years after getting discharged from the Philadelphia Naval Hospital I first heard Rod Stewart’s great song, “Maggie May.” You know the lyric where poor Rod is trying to leave Maggie and considers whether to go back to the drudgery of school or “… steal my daddy’s...
I know the logic without asking. Once the hospital takes Dennis as a patient, it will be responsible to fix whatever is broken—whether my money covers it or not. So, the high-priced hospital lawyers have told the staff not to accept any patients unless they have insurance. That way the...
We exited the freeway, grabbed a small bite to eat in a little “downtown” area right near the front gate of the campus, then drove in. As soon as the rented Tesla crossed the campus line, I cried, overcome with emotion I couldn’t explain to the kids. With the feeling behind the...