“Junk,” said the garage mechanic as he tried to salvage a junky forty-year-old car. “I’ll keep some parts that may be useful and dump the rest in the junkyard.” I felt less certain about discarding useless stuff, considered junk by most people, as I sifted through the apartment of my wife’s brother, Larry, [...]
At dinner the other day, I was talking with a good friend about a variety of subjects from politics to science. I brought up the idea that science has a story-telling aspect about it and I wanted to show that by example in my book. Alaskan Eskimo pipes such as this one were [...]
"Why are you crying, son?" asked the gray-haired gentleman when he came upon a little boy in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square. It was mid-April, flowers all abloom, weather perfect. The young boy was no more than five years old. He looked pitiful, with large dewdrops dripping from both eyes and his nose sniffling. His T-shirt was [...]
Dollhouse furnished by my 12-year-old granddaughter. Why dismantle it? It’s still my life. It’s the holiday season; Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year are around the corner. It’s time to party with family and friends, to appreciate what we have, to celebrate life. I don’t take life for granted; for me, life’s [...]
We believe in the linear concept of time. We look back at the past and ahead at the future, sometimes so much so that the ever-present now slips by unnoticed. Alien-like landscape captured through my lens on last year's trip to Iceland I saw Arrival recently, a movie about aliens who landed [...]
I’m aghast at Trump’s election victory, as are virtually all my friends, for reasons that have been listed over and over in editorials and private conversations. There’s no point in reiterating them. An email I just received from a long-time friend said, “I’m devastated and in mourning after Nov. 8. Am ashamed and embarrassed to [...]
