Category: Life’s Moments and Lessons
An Extra Few Pounds
My girlfriend told me she thought I was “looking PLUMP” the other day. I was already on my way to the grocery store to buy the ingredients for the famous Cabbage Soup diet and needed to call to ask her opinion before purchasing the ingredients. I did not ask her … Continue Reading An Extra Few Pounds
Standing In a River is Enough
As I waded into the river and the current cut into my calves and the rich earthy smell of the water wafted up to my nose, I remembered why I strung my fly rod and pulled on my waders and caulk boots and tied on a wooley bugger fly and headed out … Continue Reading Standing In a River is Enough
Lompoc Prison Camp Revisited- guest blogger, Johnny Ross
THE MIDDLE TWO- Visiting my Brother in the Lompoc Prison Camp
When we were kids, my brother Johnny and I used to deliver newspapers together in the early hours before dawn. He stacked the red metal wagon with the rolled papers and when we got to High Street, we would climb atop the pile, bend the long handle back and use … Continue Reading THE MIDDLE TWO- Visiting my Brother in the Lompoc Prison Camp
College is Good for Parents too, I Guess
My son was feeling a bit anxious about going back to college. His life at home is comfortable, predictable, not demanding. Besides the fact that he just returned from a month’s trip globe-trotting around China and being reminded how rich and fascinating the big wide world is, now he was … Continue Reading College is Good for Parents too, I Guess
Riding the Night Train= Part II (with guest spoken-word poet, Bryce Gladfelter)
‘Good’ Mothers Always Make Good
I blew Sierra’s little graduation present to Cape Cod off last summer when I got an invitation to go to Zimbabwe. She was pretty pissed, then disappointed. It was just going to be her and I in a little cottage. It also would have taken place at a very stressful … Continue Reading ‘Good’ Mothers Always Make Good
Upping the Fun Factor- “Adventure Days”
I was driving the other day when I realized that I completely missed out on Halloween fun this year. The third year in a row, actually, out of a long streak of over a dozen years. I have no kids anymore. No kids at home. It is very sad. We … Continue Reading Upping the Fun Factor- “Adventure Days”
Bob the Butcher with a Big Heart
I have this butcher who does not like to kill anything. He cuts raw red animal flesh all day long but he can’t kill ANYTHING. I find it kind of interesting, with his big meat cleavers. He’s not really MY butcher- I don’t have a personal butcher and rarely buy … Continue Reading Bob the Butcher with a Big Heart
Spending All Souls Day with the Souls of Duffy’s Cut
An Easy Way to a Happy Heart
The air smelled like vanilla, as I was rode my bike on the Hamburg bike trail this evening. I suddenly thought of Ponderosa pines and the smell of the High Sierra forest and all my happy miles hiking out west came flooding back. I knew there were no Ponderosa pines … Continue Reading An Easy Way to a Happy Heart
French Toast All Around
MY VIEW FROM HERE
(a rough excerpt from my upcoming book, An Uncommon Education) THE MODELING STAND All the years I was in art school, I did not shave my legs, maybe as a mark of rebellion, probably as an expression of freedom. Art students were expected to do weird things but I was frankly … Continue Reading MY VIEW FROM HERE
A Night With Barry Manilow (amongst others)
Even though the tickets were free, Todd didn’t want to go to the Barry Manilow concert. Wasn’t his favorite genre of music. Not that Barry Manilow is mine but I believe in embracing opportunities and seeing what the gift is. I did want to take someone who would appreciate his … Continue Reading A Night With Barry Manilow (amongst others)
Cindy Ross 