Sunday Morning
The city doesn’t really start moving until pretty late in the day on Sunday so that’s a good time to go for a walk.
Seattle
Seattle goings on
Dream a Little Dream
Last night I dreamt I was having dinner with Ronald Reagan. We were having a big row about the President’s plan to overhaul – I mean privatize – social security. Reagan was saying that we would “create responsible citizens” blah blah blah. You know the line. But I was insistent that the only thing we’d …
Which tribe were the plumbers?
“What synagogue do you go to?” This is not usually the first question out of the plumber’s mouth, but not everyone’s plumber is Yuri. “I don’t go.” I said, but he didn’t really care about that so much. “It’s not possible to go every Friday. It’s just too much, really.” Yuri was on my porch …
Now in living color
Okay, it doesn’t hurt that we’re having an early spring. On top of that many of the houses in my neighborhood have recently concluded absolutely breathtaking renovations that must have set the owners back a prince’s ransom. In spite of, or perhaps because of, those two things I feel the need to shout out loud …
My sorry #$$
I have a cold. This happens often when I make the trip this direction. An airplane is a flying metal canister full of germs. Plus, the climate change is so extreme – from bitter cold where nothing can live to a mild spring and festival of pollen – that my head is transformed into a …