I’ve always been partial to the story of the Bremen Town Musicians. That Brothers Grimm fairy tale is about the domestic animals that were turned on by their masters after years of loyal service. These animals (a donkey, a dog, a…
Yearly Archives: 2018
Me Too##
While I shun most media outlets these days, even I have come to hear of the Me Too## phenomenon. There seems to be a lot of sharing about sexual assault and sexual harassment at work by folks who didn’t speak of…
Posted in Uncategorized
Helsinki
I visited Helsinki for a weekend in 2006. It is a flat city by the sea and filled with excellent museums and beautiful buildings. The public library’s ceiling has colorful paintings of stories featuring the Norse Gods. Seafood is plentiful…
Posted in World Glimpses
An Empty Chair
Travel Flashback: It was my first night in San Francisco. I was a bit timid about entering any restaurant. But an Italian Family Restaurant sounded unpretentious and delicious. Inside, I learned there was a thirty-minute wait. Now what? I saw…
Posted in Just for Fun
Travel Short Stories
Why would I want to read a book of travel short stories? I recommend it. I can tell you what it did for me. When I was an undergraduate student, I attended classes, participated in a few school-sponsored extracurricular activities,…
Posted in Travel Posts
