Honolulu. The plan was to spend time with my close friend Sheryl and her new husband, Mark. I should have known what I was in for when I went to their wedding reception and Mark swung his long chunky leg over a chair, grinned at me and said, “Oh, I’ve been so many places and [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Paradise…not
Posted in Bad Vacations, Relationships, That's life, tagged Humor, relationships, travel on September 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Beth’s story
Posted in Memory, Relationships, tagged domestic violence, memory, relationships on September 25, 2011 | 8 Comments »
It’s funny how in life people you know only briefly can make a permanent impression on your memory. Lately, I’ve found myself waking early in the morning and remembering Beth. I was renting an aging Spanish style downtown apartment and Beth and her young daughter lived across the hall. We were both in our twenties [...]
All that we remember
Posted in Memory, That's life, tagged Human nature, loss, memory on September 9, 2011 | 7 Comments »
How do you balance a human catastrophe against the personal traumas and dramas of your own life? It’s September 9, 2011 as I write this. The media is filled with stories remembering 9/11/2001. News anchors and reporters ask–where were you when the terrorist attacks occurred? How has the United States changed as a result? How [...]
Capers, cash and moral conundrums
Posted in That's life, tagged capers, ethics, lost and found, Moral conundrums on September 5, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Is it ever morally okay to practice the adage, “Finder’s keepers?” Let me explain. My husband and I were walking our dogs the other evening when I spotted a forgotten lone black umbrella on a park bench. I pointed it out to my husband who joked, “Need a new one?” We continued our walk, hoping [...]
