Category: Essays

I remember small shops near residential neighborhoods, with vegetables for sale, and butcher shops and bakeries, and small restaurants….

‘Muck around’ is an idiom, defined in the Free Dictionary as “doing something without much purpose….”

Then, for some reason, I’m associating that old expression with something having to do with a Texas lawsuit…

He and I craned our heads up at the giant windmills. I cracked a joke about newfangled inventions…

“I feel very optimistic about our ability to have great relationships to cities,” noted Mr. Chesky, who thinks his business may be trending toward “becoming less transient…”

As cold weather descended upon Washington, DC, last fall, I deleted my dating apps….

Cuss words have evolved, over the years. In the 18th century, ‘bloody’ was considered a nasty word…

I’ve always respected conservative Republican thinking, with regard to big government, states’ rights and spending. Years ago, I even received a very nice message, about an article I’d written…

Schools had government-mandated prayers, and biology classes didn’t mention evolution. Buying a cocktail or lottery ticket was a crime. Birth control was illegal in some states…

Sometimes, it’s some way something’s said by someone. Or, it’s words in a song, a poem… or news and commentary…

But even when we’ve had heavy snowfall up in the mountains, for one reason or another, in past years, annual snow survey results have been disappointing…

For days, 2.5 million residents in Texas were left without power, killing at least 17 people…

Advertising executives liked to emphasize the substantial number of impressions their ad campaigns were generating…

And we’re wondering, considering the possible presence, and all, if our house, in some way, can sense what’s happening….

Just the word, itself, of course, means something is good. Maybe really, tremendously, fantastically good…

When it comes to spending money, I’m cautious. And that’s okay, I’ve always believed. But I was overdoing it, I discovered…