Those who know him heard it a hundred times during a conversation. It reminds me of my grandmother, Jack’s mother, who had a wonderful Pennsylvania Dutch accent. I have reflected on that word, “Anyway,” today while grieving, and I think it encapsulated Jack’s attitude toward life. He...
Events coalesce to bring Lenny and Rochelle who it turns out is Natasha together. She has parachuted behind the lines in France to assist The Resistance. Eventually Lenny and Natasha are captured my Nazis. They will have to use their wits, wiles and a bit of good fortune to survive as a ...
We spent a bit of time in the organic foods section of Kroger. I like their selection. We are trying recipes I’ve been meaning to try for years – several from “Moosewood,” a vegetarian restaurant in Ithaca, New York. I have two of their cookbooks and last week I made Caribbean ...
this time skirting a large wood. Now hidden by high hedgerows in the spring when the leaves are all bare, the woodland floor is carpeted with bluebells. In the centre
One of the Westwood writers was drafting a story about Jesus Christ, who was the quarterback of a high school football team. He was serious. … How do you keep a straight face while frantically trying to figure out how to say something constructive? Not easy to do. The Thousand Oaks ...
Maybe, but the newly created LK Collection at UNM CSWR is, and will forever be, the greatest honor bestowed upon this writer who learned his craft by the seat of his pants. Marissa Kraft sitting near a ledge on the north side of the three canyons that are known as Canyon de Chelly ...
“As the bombs were crashing all over the city, the two-hundred odd people in the restaurant sat or stood with tense and strained expressions. Chopsticks were dropped, the soup grew cold in the bowls. Who could think of eating at such a time?” ...
to buy the home in its current state, with no repairs or concessions on my (the seller’s) part. That was the deal; that’s what “as-is” means. If they reneged now, I would sue them for breach of contract — and probably win, a real estate attorney who looked at the agreement...
“My home front is autumnal.I feel like a withering night.My passions are like embers, and any talent I might have the last flashes of lightning.Now and then, I would chum up with some poor peasant, wood-cutter, monk or beggar who happens to have some interest in books, poetry, music...