I was on my daily walk atop the seawall surrounding our nearby bayou. It was exceptionally breezy and the water’s surface blinded with undulating fractals of sunlight. There in the middle of the bayous east end bulge something large was moving beneath the surface. Not a manatee because it was moving too fast and the…… Continue reading Predators

The recent death of Jimmy Buffet reminds me how much the musical community and American popular music in general has lost recently. Buffet, Gordon Lightfoot and David Crosby have been favorites of mine for years. Buffet linked the fantasy of summery days, boat drinks and the joy of living to everyday American life. How often…… Continue reading When Troubadours Cease to Sing

I learned all I needed to know about Israeli-Palestinian dynamics when I visited Israel years ago. I was exploring a market off of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. A group of IDF soldiers were wandering or patrolling through the souk at the same time. They were talking in Hebrew and laughing, just a few feet…… Continue reading Incident in a Souk

Trying to rent a property in Florida this past summer was strictly a no go proposition. Renters already had a triple digit heat index outside their front door in most of the United States. Sure the Sunshine State offered additional draws like poisonous snakes, alligators, fire ants, pythons, flesh eating bacteria, red tide and one…… Continue reading HOUSE FOR RENT

After our divorce and extreme generosity of my wife letting me keep our house, I wandered through the rooms becoming ever more aware that our former home was very quiet, empty and more space than one man needed. I began to rent it out on various Vacation Rental websites. While that was successful enough I…… Continue reading House To Let

I have been reading that the trump campaign has been pulverizing Meatball’s Presidential ambitions. While I am happy to read this status report it’s not much more positive than learning syphilis is now more prevalent than Gonorrhea. I’m thinking that our entire country is like a village taken over by pirates. These are not the…… Continue reading AArrrggh!

Yes, the bill please. Today again, as I did yesterday, I passed a leisurely few hours at Parc in Center City, Philadelphia. It is almost a representative example of a Parisian bistro with an American touch. Everyone is professional, even deferential , unlike their French counterparts. Servers anticipate your needs, wait on you with charm…… Continue reading ” l’addition s’ill vous plait”

I had dreaded hearing the news which I knew must one day arrive. Jimmy Buffet was gone. It struck me as hard as something like that could when happening to someone I didn’t know. I had unashamedly listened to, bought and enjoyed the mans music for decades. It had certainly been a big part of…… Continue reading BUFFET

I recently saw an internet article about the correct and incorrect ways to eat sushi. This delectable dietary option has been a favorite of mine for decades. Just another of the food choices adopted by us from adversaries we as a nation defeated in past wars. Like Italian, Vietnamese, French and to a lesser extent…… Continue reading SUSHI

The title refers to that part of the versatile olive’s arc of existence when bushels of the ripe but hard fruit are dumped into presses then crushed,, squeezed, and pulped to a liquid state. The olives are generally from Italy, Spain, France and Tunisia. The resulting green gold oozing into tanks is eventually bottled and…… Continue reading Pressed