Sleep, elusive sleep

September 3, 2009
It's 4 a.m. I have been awake since 3 a.m.I hate this middle-age insomnia thing I get periodically.I've decided to make myself a small cup of coffee to try to get back...

The harvest

September 3, 2009
A hot summer means the grapes are ready early and harvest--La Vendemmia-- has begun in the Piemonte region of Italy, where we're heading in two weeks.In Italy, the grape...

Home and boxes

September 3, 2009
"Very true," she said, as she paid the bill for her two storage units.card by curly girl...

Better than an apple

September 2, 2009
Better than an apple. Better than an entire TREE of apples:When last semester's most challenging student looks up where/when you are teaching and comes in to say...

Preparing for the ride

September 2, 2009
It's after 7a.m. and still dark as night outside. The heat and humidity in west-central Florida belie the fact that fall is almost here. But then, Florida is a...

And don’t I know it

September 2, 2009
The truth is usually a lot weirder than anything you can make up. -Dr. Hunter S....

patti smith dream of life

September 2, 2009
paths that cross will cross...

Light so great

September 1, 2009
Given Chappaquiddick, this was a surprise.Turns out the Senator's eternal flame is his contribution to the country. Both Rs and Ds agree on this.Who'd have thunk it?RIP,...

Standing on principle

September 1, 2009
It's no secret that I'm nuts for Hunter S. Thompson. I'm reading, savoring, really, a book called Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson. It's a surprisingly serious...

Working the system

September 1, 2009
When you're close to someone, you sometimes just don't see the obvious.For some 20 years, I had a girlfriend who was expert at milking the system. Any system.We met at...

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