L'Esprit d'Escalier: The wit of the stairs. Meaning things I wish I had said before the conversation ended.. Read More

This started with a phone message taped to my door some years ago. It read something like this: "I'm handling my mother's estate... Read More

"Damn!" The bookseller found himself standing in a torrential thunderstorm. Thunderbolts and lightning... Read More

It is my birthday week. Bastille Day. I'm not excited about it. It is one of the timekeeping or calendar events... Read More

The Fourth of July! Fireworks at the New Market Plains Vineyards last night. After it was over, we sat... Read More

It is July. My last remaining brother, Tony, died on April 15. 2021. That June, I returned to San Francisco... Read More