COVID Diary: Lessons from My Wonder Years

Last July 4th holiday, my wife and I did what many patriotic Americans do these days and took a trip to Canada for the long weekend.  Toronto, more specifically.  Beautiful city.  The thing I remember most about it was the roads seemed almost as bad as the Midwest, but they were offset by the sweet…

Have you heard the good news of the delishionary?

Last week, I had a dream about a roving band of door-to-door chefs that called themselves delishionaries (I’m just as amazed as you by the wittiness of my dreams).  To be honest, I don’t remember the details of the dream, only that I felt the need to make note of the name because I cracked…

Death, Romance and Family

For many years, I had an unreasonable fear of death. What’s there to fear?  In the end, I guess it’s really about the unknown.  Which is likely why I also fear exercise. I don’t mean to make light of death in the least.  I’ve had weeks where I have gone nearly non-stop thinking about death…