Getting more and more back to my pre-flu self. Did an errand today. While I was away, back in New Jersey, my wife, Joy (in California) told me that one of the warning lights came on in the car. It was only a reminder to change the oil, so I wasn’t too panicked. Since I was […]
[Note: As I mentioned yesterday, I couldn’t resist saving this article from one the unread books in my collection.] What an intriguing prospect. My attraction to this topic stems from my deep desire since I was a child in the 1950s, to communicate with my low functioning, nonverbal, autistic older brother, Michael. Granted, the title […]
Last fall I bought a succulent from the garden section of one of those all-purpose stores. It was unlike any other plant I had ever seen. The leaves were thick and meaty and covered with fuzz, like pieces of velvet. I transferred it to a clay pot and set it outside. I didn’t think to […]
Dad was a theoretical physicist, probably a better name for his field would be ‘applied mathematics’. He was more at home with math than people. He had a hard time figuring them out and left that to Mom. Looking back, Dad would have probably qualified to be on the spectrum of autistic personalities, had one […]
Fig Tree Drawing Season, that is… (past attempts may be seen here: Vintage Fig Tree, Fallen Fig Leaves, Abstract Fig Leaf, Screened Fig Tree) It is too tempting to pass up. When I go get my morning coffee, the light is just right on the fig tree. The branches are dark and it seems that […]
I love the Pink Panther movies. Inspector Clouseau, a bumbling French detective, brilliantly played by Peter Sellers, is prone to misguided theories, unending hilarious pratfalls and other sight gags. I don’t remember which movie this scene was in, but Clouseau’s antics caused the destruction of a grand piano. One of the guests exclaimed, “That was […]
Longtime readers might remember Arthur, my avocado tree. I did quite a number of watercolors whilst he was growing, from baby pictures when he was still on the bottle (the link is actually to Arthur Jr.’s baby picture), to the first attempted planting, to the time when I was able to sit under him in […]
It was hot today. In the 80s. Having recently returned from snowy New Jersey, I feel a bit guilty. But since I had nothing to do with it, I can easily forgive myself. I mention this because today, pi day (the date being the first five digits of the number pi: 31415), was the first opportunity […]
I have been nostalgic and laden with heavy thoughts lately, attending my mother’s 90th birthday party on February 9th and being at her side when she died on February 20. I included many of the details in my posts during that period and will not revisit them here. I want to engage in some mindless […]
Most of you who have read my blog within the past month or so know that Mom passed away on February 20. My posts have concentrated on the events related to Mom: her 90th birthday party; her trouble getting around the house; my return visit after she was admitted to the hospital and wasn’t doing well. […]
