morning travel

To NYC this morning for turkey days… but what to do before/after turkey has been consumed? Maybe I’ll go to the MMA and see my favorite tea cups. I haven’t visited them in over 20 years. They are Chinese, from the Sung dynasty (about 1100 or 1200). One has Rabbit’s Fur glaze, and one has Continue reading morning travel

Monday in winter

… and the world is starting to look closed-up already. You know, everyone hunched over and hurrying outside, and those in cars with the attitude of “We ain’t gonna open these windows for anything.” No more joy in the open world, no leisurely strolls. And this evening, my son tells me, “Hey, in three years, Continue reading Monday in winter

memory street

Right now, I’m sitting at the coffee-house half a block away from where my son first lost faith in me as Omniscient Parent. We were sitting in the old green Jeep, on our way to somewhere, waiting at the traffic light, when he asked me a question about chemistry for his science class — he Continue reading memory street