He was very wistful these days. He now had a grandchild, although that was completely unexpected. It was all very strange to thim how life just kept on going with no breaks in between. He liked to go into his music room every morning and look at how […]
Facebook, at work, on the highway. Everywhere I look I am bombarded with pithy sayings. I think these are meant to be motivational and encourage me to live a better, more fulfilled life. As a New York curmudgeon, I often scoff at such pithy, supposedly insightful bits. […]
In this day and age there are still people who do not use the out-of-office reply message. And sometimes that is because they don’t know how to use it or sometimes it means something about how you perceive yourself. but let me not get ahead of myself here. […]
I am someone who loves and really enjoys eating out. I derive great pleasure from food. I am a Taurus after all. Look it up, its true that those who are born under the horoscope sign of Taurus, besides being bullheaded, have a keen sense of gastronomy. Well, […]
My niece just turned ten. Unbelievable that she is now a tween. What is funny, though, is that she had a major birthday countdown beforehand. For about a month beforehand, we received daily updates on her birthday celebration. She had multiple agendas that we had to […]
A few weekends ago I went to these lovely Botanical Gardens in the San Gabriel Valley. It was an extremely gorgeous and serene spot just a few miles away from the hustle and bustle of the city. It always amazes me how one can find such quiet […]
Summer has officially started. And, I normally would not have started it off with a dinosaur movie. I believe that I watched the original Jurassic Park in the movie theaters years ago. (was it more than a decade ago?) But since then I have not been that […]
She kicked up her heels and chased the pigeons laughingly. She was giddy. This was her fourth time in Venice and each time was more magical than the ones before. And this was going to be the ultimate experience. Everything was planned out as she now […]
These days the news seems quite overwhelming. The news cycle is 24/7 and just doesn’t let up. It is just constant and often the same old, same old story. It can be enough for one to tune it all out. It can be enough for one to miss […]
I knocked on three doors and three kings stuck their heads out One was a kind gentle soul who wished for world peace Another was a bullfighter with a bodyguard The last was a race care driver with no brakes I wondered who was truly righteous […]