“Grandmommy,” one of my baby grands would say when telling me a story while playing with my dollhouse. “Grandmommy, the girl goes in the front door. And then she goes to the kitchen and makes breakfast. And then she goes to the office upstairs to work.” And the story can continue to each room in…
THE GETAWAY POSITION
Craig Breedlove recently died. He was 86. I was kinda surprised, hadn’t thought about him in years. Brought back memories of the Mojave Desert, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. He studied aeronautics, was a race car driver, and was called the King of Speed…clocking 600 mph in 1964, never quite making his 800 mph target…
THE MISSIONS
We are well past my birthday. As a kid I was teased a lot for Phil sticking his nose out of his burrow and commenting on the weather. So Mom and I went to mass for my day, which was a feast day, The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Forty days…
NOT THE DOG
Years ago, when marketer, editor, now agent Molly O’Neill was speaking at a writer’s conference she mentioned a book she was working on. Can’t remember the book, can’t remember the author, but I do remember Molly saying she loved the book but sent it back for edits with the admonishment, ‘not the dog.’ The dog…
TIME
About twelve years ago, on a trip to New York City, we snagged a weekend at the Waldorf Astoria, the Park Avenue well maintained, older, yet elegant hotel in midtown Manhattan East. I don’t remember much of the weekend but I do remember the scrambled eggs I had at Sunday morning breakfast. Listed on the…