16 Jan Casco Viejo, Panama City’s Old Town
Tired as an old goat, I stumbled into the Atlanta airport this morning at 6am. I have a bad habit of obsessing the night before a trip. I get my...
midlife Tag
16 Sep Back in New York, 2 Years Later
It's barely 8:00pm and I am already in my pjs. I've had dinner, the lights are out, my front windows are cracked open, letting in a cool breeze. I'm exhausted....
19 Feb My First Writing Course
It’s 10:28pm. I just got back from my first writing class. There were 16 or 17 of us taking the class. A few young ones, but most ranging from 40 to...
12 Nov Sixty.
Phew, what a birthday. You’re only 60 once, so why not blow it out for weeks. That’s exactly what I did. Two dear friends from church treated me to a big ol’...
21 Oct New Orleans ~ The Documentary
A door opened for me this spring. I had the honor of being chosen as one of 27 people from around the US to visit New Orleans for 5 days....
24 Sep Well Said, Zach Brown
I've walked nineteen of the twenty arrondissements - I'll do my last one today. My feet and legs are worn out, as is my spirit. I miss home. Yesterday morning as I...
22 Sep What Next?
Today is Saturday and I have 2-1/2 more days in Paris. As you can imagine, I'm beginning to panic about how I'll fit in the things remaining on my list....
21 Sep The Stories in a Cemetery
Yesterday may have been my favorite day in Paris. My two Atlanta friends and I decided to hike from our apartment to the Pére Lachaise. We had tried the evening before...
15 Sep Should Form Follow Function? Or Vice Versa?
I started college majoring in architecture. I remember clearly the Golden Rule of my first instructor: Form follows function. In other words, design it to function properly first. Then make...
17 Jan What Next?
Today is Saturday and I have 2-1/2 more days in Paris. As you can imagine, I'm beginning to panic about how I'll fit in the things remaining on my list....