Color me irrational, but I believe I’m possessed. Disappointingly, my haunting does not come with…
Occasionally, I bump up against a perspective born out of modern society’s single-minded focus on productivity: “What’s…
Just in case anyone is interested in the cities and days spent during our recent Patagonian trip.
If I bumped into you on the sidewalk and you asked me if I was suffering any hardships, your question would give me pause. Upon reflection, I’d say that what’s on top of mind for me is the mass extinction event whose evidence I see daily but the trajectory of which I’m helpless to alter…
It’s not often that my mind wanders deeper than the tepid shallows it habitually splashes around in. Contemplation is a rare visitor and when it visits, seldom lingers. Introspection was the last thing on my mind when I picked up the book “ This is Water” by David Foster Wallace. All the…
These days, I make my home in Zurich which ranks consistently as the most expensive place to live in Europe. Mark Twain might have countered with “There are lies, damn lies, and city rankings,” but he chose prudence and lived in Weggis, not Zurich. I, not possessing the smarts of the…
With Covid-19 sticking around like the smell of a dirty wet towel, exercise options aren’t plentiful. Walks and jogs are the default since I moved to Meilen, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Zurich. Meilen’s claim to fame is that Tina Turner lives here. If you went “Tina who?” your reaction…
A few days ago, we lost a very close family member. Our dog Bolt was put to sleep after a short fight with liver…
If you live long enough, life teaches you some lessons. Unless, like me, your supply of naive optimism is bottomless. In which case, you earned nothing but “F”s at your neighborhood Hard Knocks Community College. You never made it to the graduation ceremony…
